co-owner

noun

co-own·​er ˌkō-ˈō-nər 

plural co-owners

: a person who owns something along with one or more others

the co-owners of the property

… an association of two or more persons to carry on as co-owners a business for profit.

—Robert Charles Clark

co-ownership

ˌkō-ˈō-nər-ˌship 

noun

co-ownership of property

a co-ownership agreement

Examples of co-owner in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Jeff Peterson, coach Charles Lee and (co-owners) Rick Schnall and Gabe Plotkin. —Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 5 Apr. 2025

Inside the restless mind of a serial founder: Timberwolves co-owner Marc Lore sold one startup for $545 million and another for $3.3 billion. —Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2025

The three entities, Wilson, Broccoli and Amazon MGM, formed a joint venture to house the intellectual property rights while allowing all three to remain co-owners of the property. —Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 3 Apr. 2025

Even when bottled on its own in the 1980s, it was often picked late and sold in a long, slender bottle similar to riesling’s suggested sweetness, Ogilvie Merwin Vintners co-owner and director of production David Ogilvie said. —Benjy Egel, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1799, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for co-owner

• homeowner
• landowner
• shipowner
• donor
• kroner
• kronor
• loner
• owner
• stoner
• toner

Legal Definition

co-owner

noun

co-own·​er

ˈkō-ˌō-nər

: one of two or more individuals or entities owning property together (as by joint tenancy, tenancy in common, or tenancy by the entirety)