proprietor
pronunciation
How to pronounce proprietor in British English:
UK [prəˈpraɪətə(r)]
How to pronounce proprietor in American English:
US [prəˈpraɪətər]
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- Noun:
- (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
Word Origin
- proprietor (n.)
- 1630s, "owner, by royal grant, of an American colony," probably from proprietary (n.) in sense "property owner" (late 15c., see proprietary). In general sense of "one who holds something as property" it is attested from 1640s.
Antonym
Example
- 1. But any proprietor who wants to undo this error has a problem .
- 2. However , if you 're sued as a sole proprietor , you 'll be sued personally .
- 3. If a food idea does not work out , the proprietor is not left with an expensive lease .
- 4. For example , many states require a sole proprietor to use their own name for the business name unless they formally file another name as a trade name , or fictitious name .
- 5. As I have written before , we closed our account with kaupthing in april and retreated to arbuthnot , a very boring uk bank run by a swiss proprietor who doesn 't finance his bank from the wholesale money market .