proprietor

«proprietor» in Mova's school dictionary: The owner of a business, such as a shop, hotel… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a proprietor, proprietors)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) The owner of a business, such as a shop, hotel, restaurant or newspaper. tree →

2) An owner of property. tree →

sense in the lessons

On shop signs and in stories: «J. Smith, Proprietor». In everyday speech people say «owner». In maths business problems the proprietor buys and sells items, works out profit and pays staff. Phrases: «the proprietor of», «sole proprietor».

examples

• The proprietor of the café gave us free cookies. tree →
• Ask the proprietor if we can leave our bikes here. tree →
• The hotel proprietor greeted the guests. tree →
• The sign said «Mrs Patel, Proprietor». tree →
• The proprietor buys apples at 20p and sells them at 35p. tree →
• The shop's proprietor closed early on Sunday. tree →
• He had all his company with him in a large box, for he was the proprietor of a puppet-show. tree →

note

Countable: proprietors. Formal; everyday word: owner. Related: property, proprietary. Spelling: pro-PRI-e-tor.

In the corpora

• Toad, a landed proprietor» (a landowner).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «proprietor» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.