co-owner

noun

co-own·​er ˌkō-ˈō-nər How to pronounce co-owner (audio)
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 noun
co-ownership of property
a co-ownership agreement

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Soon after, Chicago Cubs co-owner Laura Ricketts led a group that acquired the Chicago Red Stars (now just Stars) for $60 million. Asli Pelit, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025 In other words, Penner and co-owner/wife Carrie Walton-Penner read the room the way Peyton Manning read defenses at the line of scrimmage. Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025 Kaneisha Straughter, co-owner of Creole Soul Restaurant & Bar, said the issues that shut down her restaurant were due to building ownership and were fixed with three hours of the health inspection. Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2025 The case that first exposed profound abuse allegations inside Missouri’s unregulated religious boarding schools has ended without prison time for the former co-owner of Circle of Hope Girls Ranch. Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for co-owner

Word History

First Known Use

1799, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of co-owner was in 1799

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“Co-owner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/co-owner. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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)

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