co-own

verb

ˌkō-ˈōn 

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

Examples of co-own in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Lee, who co-owns Wahoo’s Fish Taco, also founded Rooster Cafe in Costa Mesa. —Jessica Peralta, Orange County Register, 20 Sep. 2024

Driving the news: Bloomberg reported Friday that AT&T and TPG, which co-own DirecTV, were in talks to combine with Dish. —Tim Baysinger, Axios, 17 Sep. 2024

The project ultimately landed at ABC, whose parent Disney co-owns A+E Studios parent A+E Networks. —Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2024

The portrait was painted by Howard Gardiner (whose grandson co-owns the hotel, see above) and features the young girl lounging in the Gardiner family home. —Vogue, 13 Sep. 2024

The actors even co-own a candy store, Samuel's Sweet Shop, there. —Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2024

Kemp, who is from Quebec, co-owns the restaurant with his wife, Amanda Shulman, the chef behind the enormously successful Her Place Supper Club. —Elazar Sontag, Bon Appétit, 9 Sep. 2024

Founded in 2013 with its first MLS season coming two years later, NYCFC is co-owned by City Football Group (80%) and Yankees Global Enterprises (20%), which are better known for owning Manchester City and the New York Yankees, respectively. —Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2024

Fox Entertainment has been pushing since then to wholly own or co-own its shows. —Joe Otterson, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1864, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for co-own

• alone
• atone
• backbone
• bemoan
• bluestone
• breastbone
• brownstone
• capstone
• cheekbone
• condone
• curbstone
• cyclone