co-owned; co-owning

transitive verb

: to own (something) along with one or more others
The association will give parties who currently own or co-own multiple teams 18 months to comply with its new policies …Jacob Wolf

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Hartman also co-owned the erstwhile The Great Jones Cafe, which brought Cajun cooking to downtown New York and became a hub for the local indie film and music communities. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 Apr. 2026 The restaurant is located in Baltimore's Harbor East neighborhood and is co-owned by Tony Foreman, who oversees multiple other restaurants in the region. Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026 Farkas had a longtime personal and business relationship with Epstein, including co-owning a marina with him in the Caribbean. Julie Carr Smyth, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026 Eddy Crane co-owned a trucking business in Curtis Bay, an industrial area of Baltimore. Kate Crane, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2026 Posters have also been displayed at Farley’s East coffee shop, the East Bay café Hillyard co-owns with her husband. Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026 But what made Garrett, a first-time restaurateur, want to co-own Caffe Lucca after spending decades as an athlete and coach? Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026 The four episodes, each an hour long, are a joint production for Welsh-language free-to-air public broadcast TV channel S4C, Irish free-to-air public service TV network TG4, and MG Alba, which co-owns the Scottish Gaelic-language free-to-air channel BBC Alba with the BBC. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2026 The two Cuban American Republicans co-owned a house in Tallahassee, celebrated family events together and ardently opposed Venezuela’s socialist government when both went to Washington at the same time — Rubio elected to the Senate, Rivera to the House. Joshua Goodman, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1864, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of co-own was in 1864

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“Co-own.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/co-own. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.

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