owner-occupied

[ oh-ner-ok-yuh-pahyd ]

adjective

(of a home, apartment, etc.) used as a residence by the owner.

Origin of owner-occupied

¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Other words from owner-occupied

own·er-oc·cu·pi·er, noun

Words Nearby owner-occupied

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How to use owner-occupied in a sentence

This is a far cry from the 50s and 60s, when California abounded in new owner-occupied single family homes.
California’s New Feudalism Benefits a Few at the Expense of the Multitude | Joel Kotkin | October 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
He had seen them once before when they and their owner occupied a cab together with his fair dinner partner.
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