Definitions for owners

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owners own·er

Spelling: [oh-ner]

IPA: /ˈoʊ nər/

Owners is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 113 anagrams from letters in owners (enorsw).

Definitions for owners

noun

1. a person who owns; possessor; proprietor.

Idioms

1. come into one's own, to take possession of that which is due or owed one. to receive the recognition that one's abilities merit:
2. get one's own back, to get revenge and thereby a sense of personal satisfaction, as for a slight or a previous setback; get even with somebody or something:
3. hold one's own, to maintain one's position or condition: to be equal to the opposition:
4. of one's own, belonging to oneself:
5. on one's own, by dint of one's own efforts, resources, or sense of responsibility; independently: living or functioning without dependence on others; independent:

adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive):
2. (used as an intensifier to indicate oneself as the sole agent of some activity or action, preceded by a possessive):

verb (used with object)

1. to have or hold as one's own; possess:
2. to acknowledge or admit:
3. to acknowledge as one's own; recognize as having full claim, authority, power, dominion, etc.:
4. to totally defeat, gain control over, or dominate in a competition:
5. to take over a (a computer system, program, or computer) without authorization:

verb (used without object)

1. to confess (often followed by to, up, or up to):

Origin of owners

Middle English word dating back to 1300-50; See origin at own, -er¹

Examples for owners

Question 9: If the female captive was impregnated by her owner, can he then sell her?

Mary regarded the owner of the store with grave questioning in her violet eyes.

Turning his head, he saw it was James Danby, an owner, sitting in his private box.

Adrian Hill, owner of the Picturecraft Gallery in Holt where Williamson lived at the time, organized the show.

The owner of www.blow-me.org is facing a lawsuit for sexual harassment.

"You are trifling, Smithson," the owner of the store exclaimed, in high exasperation.

"If he's an owner he'll probably be in the paddock," replied the composed one.

As eagerly as a boy their owner, Crane, came forward and saluted Allis.

The owner of the original video of the “dead cops” chant told me it was taken on 32nd Street between 5th and Madison avenues.

"Right now beer is a trend," Bernardo Rivas, the owner of Bodega Mi Amiga tells me in the imported beer aisle.