coproprietor
- noun
- /ˌkoʊprəˈpraɪətər/
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copropietario
- The new coproprietor quickly adapted to the demands of running the cafe alongside her co-owner.
Examples
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Nibbles Inc., which is a minor subsidiary of Worldco Foods, which is itself a coproprietor of Kidco Shoes, which is controlled by a panel of stockholders appointed by the very same CEO who appoints them and who just happens to be sitting in this room.
Fiction book (2002) -
As a coproprietor of the restaurant, she shares the decision-making responsibilities with her business partner.
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He became a coproprietor of the bookstore after his friend invited him to invest.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who legally has something like a house or business
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4.8
A person who owns a business or building
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3.5
A person who owns something together with other people
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5.2
A person who owns something
A person who shares a business and its profits and losses with other people
How Much Ownership
Surface Forms
Morphology
coproprietor = proprietor (transparent) = co + proprietor
The productive prefix 'co-' meaning 'joint' attaches to the familiar noun 'proprietor' to yield 'coproprietor' meaning a joint owner.
Etymology
Coproprietor comes from the parts co- meaning 'together' and proprietor meaning 'owner', and is related to the common word property. So a coproprietor is an owner who shares ownership with one or more other people.