owner : Idioms & Phrases

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change owners

  • verb be transferred to another owner
    change hands.
    • This restaurant changed hands twice last year
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Dominant owner

  • (Law), one who owns lands on which there is an easement owned by another.
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owner-driver

  • noun a motorist who owns the car that he/she drives
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owner-occupied

  • adjective satellite lived in by the owner
    • one owner-occupied and three rental apartments
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owner-occupier

  • noun an occupant who owns the home that he/she lives in
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Part owner

  • (Law), one of several owners or tenants in common. See Joint tenant, under Joint.
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part-owner

  • noun a person who owns something in common with others
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plantation owner

  • noun the owner or manager of a plantation
    planter.
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property owner

  • noun a holder or proprietor of land
    landowner; landholder.
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slave owner

  • noun someone who holds slaves
    slaveholder; slaver.
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