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Definition: Owner |
OwnerNoun1. Someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; "he is the owner of a chain of restaurants". 2. A person who owns something; "they are searching for the owner of the car"; "who is the owner of that friendly smile?". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "owner" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | In the context of a directory, the relational attribute type specifying the name of some object which has some responsibility for the associated object. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The transport entity that issued the N-CONNECT request leading to the creation of that network connection. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Transportation | The registered owner of a vessel unless that vessel has been chartered by demise or is managed, either wholly or in part, by a natural or legal person other than the registered owner under the terms of a management agreement; in that case the owner shall be construed as the demise charterer or natural or legal person managing the vessel as appropriate. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Ownership is the socially supported power to exclusively control and use for one's own purposes, that which is owned. Definitions of it are closely tied to definitions of wealth, private or public.It is claimed by many (principally among the political left), that the exclusiveness of the ownership relationship underlies much natural injustice in the world, and that the social protection of this exclusiveness can result in tyranny and oppression at both the individual and societal levels.
Pros and cons of Ownership
There are many ambivalent consequences of the idea of ownership: a degree of it seems to be necessary in all societies, giving security of belongings to satisfy our needs. However, it can hide great injustice.A simple example is where I own medicine which would cure your illness, and you cannot afford to buy it. Almost any known practice of morality or system of ethics would say that unless there are very exceptional circumstances, I should give you the medicine. But ownership allows me not to give it to you - it is always an "exceptional circumstance". Indeed I can have socially accepted physical force used (by law enforcement officers) should you try to obtain it without my consent. It becomes theft, a socially and legally constructed term, that applies even if all you "steal" is knowledge.
Some political philosphers see this ambivalence as a microcosm of an unequal world where many people are starving, and others struggle with the problems of excess. See social justice for more on this class of concern.
At a less extreme level, exclusive ownership tends to reduce the utilisation of capital. For example in a society favouring exclusive ownership every house in a neighbourhood may own a lawn mower which they use once a week. In a society which promotes shared use, far fewer lawnmowers could do the same job. On the other hand exclusive ownership tends to mean that resources are not destroyed through overuse, and capital objects are maintaned, since the owner has an interest in their long term future. (see Tragedy of the commons.)
Ownership and Communism
Socialism and communism hold that individual ownership of the means of production is detrimental to the public interest and in these political systems ownership of the means of production is held by the public. Countries with these political systems had nationalised companies under the control of government.During the 20th century there was a general change of these systems of government (although they are still operating to some degree in some countries,North Korea, Cuba, China for example).
The power of ownership to exclude was, in some countries with these systems, placed in the hands of the state through state ownership. This sometimes resulted in millions of people being excluded from society (see Gulag, Khmer Rouge).
Societies Without Ownership
Some societies, notably some Native American ones, appeared to exist without the concept of personal ownership. Members of a society would feel free to take any objects they had need of, and expect them to be taken by others. When these societies were encountered by European settlers they behaved in their usual way, which led to the Europeans regarding the natives as thieves.This can be seen as a complex irony, since the notion of "thief" is a European, property-related term, and of course European settlers were taking the land of the native Americans without discussion or consultation: the question naturally arises here of "Who was the real thief?"
Ownership and Economics
Ownership is self-propagating, since the more that a person can own or acquire through money, the more he or she will generate other things to be owned. Ownership seems to be central to economies in capitalism, facilitates economic development and increases prosperity.Joseph Schumpeter predicted that despite its efficiency, capitalism would likely be challenged due to the alienation it created. Also, many would say that unbridled development is a great evil, leading to destruction of the environment and inevitable inequalities. See sustainable development for more on this.
Ownership of ideas or plans or strictly sensory works is always a complicated issue. Use of patents and copyright laws in modern society has introduced ownership for non-material things usually on a temporary basis. This is ambivalent also, providing reward to innovators, but also resulting in the often lamented demise of Napster for example. Contributors to Wikipedia agree to share ownership of their contribution through the GFDL, therefore allowing possibly thousands of other people to contribute to its improvement. See intellectual rights for a fuller discussion.
In business, corporate ownership is critical as it determines who controls the factors of production owned by that corporation and thus who owns the outputs:
Companies or organisations usually own factories, or more generally, the capital, and the materials used to produce. They hire employees but they don't own employees - they do however control what is sometimes called human capital or have some exclusive right to individual capital (creativity, talent).
Companies which issue stocks are officially owned by stockholders, CEOs are hired by them to run companies. CEOS themselves do not own the companies, even though they may have more control and involvement than the 'real' owners, the stockholders. Executives of small companies are often also stockholders.
Whether they make major decisions like mergers, or whether they hold actual stock, line management makes daily decisions, and may not be directly answerable to the "real" owners - sometimes leading to cases of management usurpation of the powers normally attributed to owners. According to John Kenneth Galbraith and quite a few other economists back to Adam Smith, this obviates and reduces many of the benefits of tolerating a system of ownership in any society.
Land ownership presents special problems. Exclusive control of natural capital, right of way or migration routes of food animals, challenges most concepts of resource and rights sharing. It is often divergence of views on ownership of land that creates what is called "class struggle" or what is called "colonialism", both of which refer to a power structure formed by a land ethic backed by some kind of brute force.
In classical economics there is an ambiguous position taken with regard to land ownership. Many theorists seemed to consider it a necessary evil, and argued that it could not be defended if there was not some obligation to keep and improve the land. Marxist economics was founded on, and continues to argue for, land reform as a means of social justice. In the 20th century, the idea of ecological stewardship led to legal ways that land ownership could be rightfully restricted because of erosion, pollution, biodiversity and other concerns - which reduced the level of what came to be called nature's services to all in the locality. And, property tax increasingly was levied to pay for "services" offered by the state, which could not be refused (such as fire fighting).
Collective ownership
Emergency response, biotechnology, nanotechnology and terrorism present serious challenges to the idea of exclusive control over resources or knowledge that may be required in some short period of time to avert some disaster, especially a synchronous failure which may be caused simply by timing problems.
As such threats increase in depth and nature, it seems likely that (at least) ownership of natural capital and instructional capital will be increasingly held by communal, and not by private, bodies. For instance biopiracy of native plant varieties used in sustainable agriculture are increasingly recognized as "belonging to" cultures or even ecosystems from which they originated.
Communalizing of intellectual rights and instructions is further evidenced by
- the 2003 agreements to let developing nations access drugs to treat HIV, malaria and other conditions, for drastically lower prices than would apply if they were to pay full patent royalties
- the patent pool by which China and MIT retain rights in instructions for the benefit of the institutions, not individuals, who produced them.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ownership."
Synonyms: OwnerSynonyms: possessor (n), proprietor (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Exemption | Not having; unpossessed; untenanted; (vacant); without an owner. |
Possessor | Land holder, land owner, landlord, land lady, slumlord; lord of the manor, lord paramount; heritor, laird, vavasour, landed gentry, mesne lord; planter. |
Right owner, rightful owner. | |
Owner; proprietor, proprietress, proprietary; impropriator, master, mistress, lord. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Owner |
| English words defined with "owner": plantation owner. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "owner": beneficial owner. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "owner": domain. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | And the owner got rich (The Little Shop of Horrors; writing credit: Charles B. Griffith) Her owner diedwithout a fight (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) I'm a club owner. I deal in girls (The Killing of a Chinese Bookie; writing credit: John Cassavetes) Perhaps the previous owner had nothing pleasant to say. (The Wind and the Lion; writing credit: John Milius) Ten bucks says the owner sells the place (C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation; writing credit: Kenta Fukasaku; Koshun Takami) | |
Lyrics | Sirens, limousines, and the club owner (Danger (Been So Long); performing artist: Mystikal) | |
Tongue Twisters | The owner of the Inside Inn was outside his Instde Inn with his inside outside his Inside Inn. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | One Deadly Owner (1974) Dummy Owner (1938) The Lady Owner (1923) For Sale Bi Owner (1994) | |
Song Titles | Owner Of A Lonely Heart (performing artist: Yes) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | The owner of the property watches as the first piece of the ladder is fit into the dam. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Bob Nishimoto and Mr. Pauley, owner of Coconut Island, a benefactor of the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. Credit: Small World. |
 | Students receive instruction on plant care of a nursery owner in Maryland. Credit: Ron Nichols. |  | President and land owner William Chambers and NRCS employee Karen Strohmeyer with no till pumpkin patch. Credit: Gary Wilson. |
 | Left to right: Jim Wooley, Pheasants Forever; Larry Jones, NRCS soil conservationist; and the farm owner discuss wildlife benefits of a grass filter strip on the Maggard farm in Jasper County, Iowa. Credit: Lynn Betts. |  | Vicci Niebauer (23) a new home owner works on her self help home in Placerville, CA. Credit: USDA. |
 | Bill Adkisson a new home owner works on the roof of his self help home in Placerville, CA. Credit: USDA. |  | Home owner Copi Perez, his daughter Ariana and wife Kim (background) weed a flower garden in front of their completed self help home in Placerville, CA. Credit: USDA. |
 | Ed Weilbacher, NRCS RC&D looks over soybeans with land owner Glen Schuetz in the Venedy, IL. area. Credit: USDA. |  | Land owner Glen Schuetz hunts on his farm in the Venedy, IL. area. Credit: USDA. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Needs loving owner" by Paul Porteous Commentary: "Worn down building Pedoulas village in the Trudos Mountains Cyprus." | "Graffiti mural" by Loretta Humble Commentary: "This was painted as art on the side of a local tattoo parlor. (This little town hadn't had one before.) When they moved, the building owner painted it out, even though Malakoff prides itself on how many murals it has for its size. ." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Count Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna | The quantity of books in a person's library, is often a cloud of witnesses to the ignorance of the owner. |
John Bunyan | There was a castle called Doubting Castle, the owner whereof was Giant Despair. |
Rutherford | Of all created comforts, God is the lender; you are the borrower, not the owner. |
Samuel Johnson | One cause, which is not always observed, of the insufficiency of riches, is that they very seldom make their owner rich. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | Neither we nor our bailiffs shall take, for our castles or for any other work of ours, wood which is not ours, against the will of the owner of that wood. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | But since the government has a direct jurisdiction only over the land, and reaches the possessor of it, (before he has actually incorporated himself in the society) only as he dwells upon, and enjoys that; the obligation any one is under, by virtue of such enjoyment, to submit to the government, begins and ends with the enjoyment; so that whenever the owner, who has given nothing but such a tacit consent to the government, will, by donation, sale, or otherwise, quit the said possession, he is at liberty to go and incorporate himself into any other common-wealth; or to agree with others to begin a new one, in vacuis locis, in any part of the world, they can find free and unpossessed: whereas he, that has once, by actual agreement, and any express declaration, given his consent to be of any common- wealth, is perpetually and indispensably obliged to be, and remain unalterably a subject to it, and can never be again in the liberty of the state of nature; unless, by any calamity, the government he was under comes to be dissolved; or else by some public act cuts him off from being any longer a member of it. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Bill of Rights | 1795 | Amendment III. No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | You must, therefore, confess that by "individual" you mean no other person than the bourgeois, than the middle-class owner of property. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | In such case Germany shall take all necessary steps to restore the evicted owner to the possession of his property, free from all encumbrances or burdens with which it may have been charged after the liquidation, and to indemnify all third parties injured by the restitution. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And now the owner men grew angry |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | Now in this case I who am the right owner lie under two great disadvantages |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | If the cat (or dog or ferret) appeared healthy at the time you were bitten, it can be confined by its owner for 10 days and observed. (references) | |
If the owner is unwilling to have this done, the animal should be placed in strict isolation for 6 months and vaccinated 1 month before being released. (references) | ||
Be a responsible pet owner by keeping vaccinations current for all dogs, cats, and ferrets, keeping your cats and ferrets inside and your dogs under direct supervision, calling animal control to remove stray animals from your neighborhood, and consider having your pets spayed or neutered. (references) | ||
Business | For every car scrapped or abandoned by an owner, a new car may be registered. (references) | |
This latest cracker turns its owner, the Formosa Plastic Group, into an industry giant. (references) | ||
This certificate must be presented by the vehicle owner upon vehicle registration at the DLT zone office. (references) | ||
Children | Brazil | Charges were brought against the owner of a bar, a local judge, a high-ranking police official, and two attorneys. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Kenya | Citizen's owner appealed that ruling; the appeal was pending at year's end. (references) |
Turkmenistan | The court confiscated the apartment and the owner decided to leave the country. (references) | |
Economic History | Australia | An application for registration can only be made by the owner of the design. (references) |
Bulgaria | Monetary compensation is also permitted with the consent of the property's owner. (references) | |
Croatia | Croatian Telekom (HT) is the owner and operator of the telecommunications network. (references) | |
Human Rights | South Africa | Later the same day, Sydney Mnukwa, an ANC member and a taxi owner, was shot in the chest and killed in Philippi. (references) |
Russia | In the Kurchaloy district, members of the federal forces entered a private house on May 12 and fatally shot the owner and his son. (references) | |
Tajikistan | Police created a special unit to investigate the incident and found that the property owner was the intended target, not the children. (references) | |
Minorities | Bulgaria | In June, the owner of an orchard stabbed and killed Rom Encho Ivanov, who was stealing apricots from his orchard. (references) |
Cote d'Ivoire | However, the new law does not transfer a land title from the traditional owner to the user simply by virtue of use. (references) | |
Political Economy | Poland | It also functions as the owner of local public assets. (references) |
Trade | Israel | The commercial invoice must be signed by the manufacturer, consignor, owner, or authorized agent. (references) |
Venezuela | Customs regulations stipulate that the consignee is the owner of the shipment and is responsible for all customs payments. (references) | |
Saudi Arabia | This deposit is refundable when the exhibition is over and upon showing a document that the owner of the equipment officially participated in a trade show. (references) | |
Travel | Pakistan | Owner may be asked to certify that these goods will be re-exported upon his or her departure. (references) |
South Africa | The deposit will be refunded upon removal of goods or if the owner becomes a permanent South African resident. (references) | |
Netherlands | Usually, the owner accepts responsibility only for exterior repairs; interior maintenance and repairs are usually at the tenant's expense. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Bosnia and Herzegovina | This was the longest sentence to a nightclub owner on prostitution-related charges. (references) |
Suriname | One club owner in Paramaribo was convicted in Brazil during the year for trafficking in women. (references) | |
Philippines | In February a court in Quezon City convicted a bar owner of employing minors to perform lewd shows. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | URBANITY, n. The kind of civility that urban observers ascribe to dwellers in all cities but New York. Its commonest expression is heard in the words, "I beg your pardon," and it is not consistent with disregard of the rights of others. The owner of a powder mill Was musing on a distant hill -- Something his mind foreboded -- When from the cloudless sky there fell A deviled human kidney! Well, The man's mill had exploded. His hat he lifted from his head; "I beg your pardon, sir," he said; "I didn't know 'twas loaded." Swatkin |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Owner" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.98% of the time. "Owner" is used about 4,996 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.98% | 4,995 | 1,965 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.02% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4,996 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "owner". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Cainan | N/A | Biblical | Owner |
| Kenan | N/A | Biblical | Owner |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "owner": bare owner ♦ bathhouse owner ♦ beneficial owner ♦ boat owner ♦ bona fide owner ♦ business owner ♦ cafe owner ♦ dog owner ♦ Dominant owner ♦ estate owner ♦ factory owner ♦ farm owner ♦ garage owner ♦ house owner ♦ joint owner ♦ junk shop owner ♦ mill owner ♦ owner flat ♦ owner of ♦ owner of a network connection ♦ part owner ♦ personable owner ♦ plantation owner ♦ property owner ♦ real estate owner ♦ restaurant owner ♦ right owner ♦ rightful owner ♦ ship owner ♦ slave owner ♦ store owner ♦ warehouse owner ♦ without an owner. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "owner": owner-breeder, owner-breeders, owner-controlled, owner-directors, owner-dog, owner-driver, owner-drivers, owner-farmed, owner-farmer, owner-farmers, owner-like, owner-managed, owner-manager, owner-managers, owner-members, owner-nations, owner-occupancy, owner-occupants, owner-occupation, owner-occupied, owner-occupied apartment, owner-occupier, owner-occupiers, owner-occupiers, owner-operator, owner-operators, owner-pilot, owner-pilots, owner-ship, owner-skipper, owner-spectator, owner-tenant, owner-trainer, owner-trainers. | |
Ending with "owner": co-owner, home-owner, land-owner, mill-owner, mine-owner, ship-owner, shop-owner, slave-owner. | |
Containing "owner": non-owner-occupied. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
for sale by owner | 8,869 | owner financing | 204 |
home owner insurance | 5,197 | owner of a property | 200 |
home for sale by owner | 2,389 | texas home owner insurance | 199 |
buy owner | 2,024 | club derby owner | 197 |
house for sale by owner | 632 | owner operator | 193 |
by owner | 597 | american home owner association | 177 |
home owner insurance quote | 540 | buy owner.com | 173 |
vacation rental by owner | 535 | used car for sale by owner | 163 |
home owner association | 450 | for rent by owner | 161 |
home owner | 428 | business for sale by owner | 161 |
real estate for sale by owner | 414 | for sale owner | 160 |
owner manual | 372 | sell by owner | 157 |
for sale buy owner | 296 | first time home owner | 149 |
owner builder | 292 | owner finance | 137 |
auto owner insurance | 290 | home owner concept | 132 |
business owner | 234 | car for sale by owner | 126 |
florida home owner insurance | 220 | by car owner used | 124 |
owner | 220 | home owner loan | 118 |
harley owner group | 219 | uk home owner loan | 113 |
sale by owner land | 208 | uk home owner personal loan | 113 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "owner"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | eienaar. (various references) | |
Albanian | zoti (baboo, Mister, mr., nailer, Sir), zotërues (cardholder, dominant, holder, overlord, possessive, possessor, possessory, proprietor), pronar (boss, holder, landlord, manager, master, proprietary, proprietor). (various references) | |
Arabic | متمتع بحرية التصرف, مالك (holder, possessor), صاحب مال, صاحب (accompany, attach, gossipy, keep company), المالك (absentee, proprietary, proprietor). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | стопанин (host, householder), собственик (holder, master, operator, possessor, propraetor, proprietor), владетел (monarch, possessor, potentate, ruler, shah), притежател (holder, possessor, propraetor, proprietor). (various references) | |
Chinese | 所有者 (proprietor). (various references) | |
Czech | vlastník (proprietor), majitel (holder, keeper, proprietor). (various references) | |
Danish | ejer (owner of a network connection). (various references) | |
Dutch | eigenaar (landlord, owner of a network connection). (various references) | |
Esperanto | proprulo, proprietulo. (various references) | |
Farsi | مالک (Angel, Have, Landlord, Lord, Possessor, Proprietor), دارنده (Have, Holder). (various references) | |
Finnish | omistaja (holder, possessor, proprietor). (various references) | |
French | propriétaire (house owner, owner of). (various references) | |
Frisian | eigner. (various references) | |
German | Inhaber (bearer, bondholder, holder, licensee, manager, occupant, occupier, possessor, possessors, proprietor), Besitzer (holder, holders, occupier, possessor, possessors, proprietor), Eigentümer (proprietaries, proprietor). (various references) | |
Greek | κάτοχος (occupant, possessor), ιδιοκτήτης. (various references) | |
Hebrew | בעל (husband, man, master, possessor, spouse). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tulajdonos (bearer, keeper, possessor, proprietary, proprietor). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pemilik (master). (various references) | |
Italian | titolare (holder, possessor, proprietor, proprietress), proprietario (holder, homeownership, landlord, landowner, property owner, proprietor). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 持ち主 (proprietor), 主 (chief, employer, god, head, host, important, landlord, lord, lover, main, master, one's husband, principal). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しょゆうしゃ, ぬし (god, lover, master), ほゆうしゃ, かいぬし (buyer, purchaser, shepherd), オーナー , オーナ , もちぬし (proprietor). (various references) | |
Korean | 소유자. (various references) | |
Manx | shellooder (bearer, bearer of cheque, holder, possessor, proprietor), onnar, caireyder (proprietor). (various references) | |
Papiamen | proprietario, doño. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | owneray.(various references) | |
Polish | właściciel. (various references) | |
Portuguese | proprietário (keeper, padrone, proprietary, proprietor, riparian), dono (boss, compere, holder, keeper, master, occupant, occupier, proprietor). (various references) | |
Romanian | stãpânitor (dominator, master, ruler, ruling, swayer), stãpânã (lady, landlady, missis, mistress, proprietress), stãpân (employer, husband, king, Lord, master, proprietor, sovereign), proprietar (holder, landlord, Lord, master, proprietor), proprietãreasã (holder, landlady), posesor (holder, Lord, possessor), patron (boss, employer, master, patron, patron saint, paymaster, protector), gazdã (entertainer, host, hostess, landlady, landlord), domn (Don, gentleman, king, Lord, master, prince, Sir), deţinãtor (holder, keeper, occupant, occupier). (various references) | |
Russian | владелец (abutter, holder, keeper, master, possessor, proprietor, wearer). (various references) | |
Scottish | sealbhadair (possessor, proprietor). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vlasnik (houseowner, possessor, proprietor), sopstvenik, posednik (haver, keeper, occupant, possessor), gazda (boss, housefather, housekeeper, laird, landlord, proprietor). (various references) | |
Spanish | propietario (landlord, proprietary, proprietor, squire), dueño (boss, chief, landlord, leader, master, proprietor), poseedor (bearer, holder, occupier, possessor). (various references) | |
Swahili | mwenyewe. (various references) | |
Swedish | ägare (holder, mistress, propraetor, proprietary, proprietor), innehavare (bearer, holder, occupant, occupier, tenant), ägarinna (proprietor, proprietress). (various references) | |
Tagalog | may-arì. (various references) | |
Thai | เจ้าของ (holder). (various references) | |
Turkish | sahip (endowed with, holder, Lord, master, possessor, proprietor), mal sahibi (possessor, proprietary, proprietor), kiraya veren (landlady, landlord, leaser, renter). (various references) | |
Turkmen | eяe. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | хазяїн (big noise, boss, host, manager, overman), командир корабля, володар (arbiter, archon, chief, king, overlord, possessor, potency, potentate, proprietor), власник (haver, holder, keeper, possessor, proprietary, proprietor). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người chủ. (various references) | |
Welsh | perchen. (various references) | |
Yucatec | yuumil. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | domina, dominae, dominam, domine, domini, dominica, dominicae, dominici, dominis, domino, dominorum, dominos, dominum, dominus, ericus, eris, erisque, ero, eroque, erus, possessor, possessorem, possessores, possessori, proprietas. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 27, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | O de ekatontarcoV tw kubernhth kai tw nauklhrw epeiqeto mallon h toiV upo tou paulou legomenoiV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Centurio autem gubernatori et nauclerio magis credebat quam his quae a Paulo dicebantur |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | But the centurien bileuede more to the gouernour, and to the lord of the schip, thanne to these thingis that weren seid of Poul. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Neverthelather the vndercaptayne beleved the governer and the master better then tho thinges which were spoken of Paul. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Nevertheless, the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship more than the things which were spoken by Paul. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But the captain gave more attention to the master and the owner of the ship than to what Paul said. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 27, Verse 11 |
| Albanian | Por centurioni kishte më shumë besim te timonieri dhe te kapiteni i anijes sesa në ato që thoshte Pali. |
| Cebuano | Apan ang kapitan mitoo sa arayes ug sa tag-iya sa sakayan labi pa kay sa giingon ni Pablo. |
| Croatian | Ali je satnik više vjerovao kormilaru i brodovlasniku negoli Pavlovim rijeèima. |
| Danish | Men Høvedsmanden stolede mere på Styrmanden og Skipperen end på det, som Paulus sagde. |
| Dutch | Doch de hoofdman geloofde meer den stuurman en den schipper, dan hetgeen van Paulus gezegd werd. |
| Finnish | Mutta sadanpäämies uskoi enemmän perämiestä ja laivanisäntää kuin Paavalin sanoja. |
| French | Le centenier écouta le pilote et le patron du navire plutôt que les paroles de Paul. |
| German | Aber der Unterhauptmann glaubte dem Steuermann und dem Schiffsherrn mehr denn dem, was Paulus sagte. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tetapi perwira itu lebih percaya kepada jurumudi dan kapten kapal daripada kata-kata Paulus. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Akan tetapi penghulu laskar itu terlebih percaya kepada jurumudi dan nakhoda kapal itu daripada sekalian yang dikatakan oleh Paulus itu. |
| Latvian | Bet virsnieks vairâk ticçja stûrmanim un kuìa îpaðniekam nekâ tam, ko sacîja Pâvils. |
| Maori | Otira nui ke atu te aro o te keneturio ki te kapene raua ko te tangata nona te kaipuke i tana ki nga mea i korero ai a Paora. |
| Norwegian | Men høvedsmannen satte mere lit til styrmannen og skipperen enn til det som Paulus sa. |
| Portuguese | Mas o centurião dava mais crédito ao piloto e ao dono do navio do que às coisas que Paulo dizia. |
| Rumanian | Sutawul a ascultat mai mult de ckrmaci wi de stqpknul corqbiei de ckt de vorbele lui Pavel. |
| Russian | оП УПФОЙЛ ВПМЕЕ ДПЧЕТСМ ЛПТНЮЕНХ Й ОБЮБМШОЙЛХ ЛПТБВМС, ОЕЦЕМЙ УМПЧБН рБЧМБ. |
| Shuar | Suntara Kapitiántrinkia Páprunka anturtsuk, Kanú wianniurin Kapitiántrincha tura Kanú Kapitiántrincha chichamen anturkarmiayi. |
| Swahili | Lakini yule ofisa alivutiwa zaidi na maoni ya nahodha na ya mwenye meli kuliko yale aliyosema Paulo. |
| Swedish | Men hövitsmannen trodde mer på styrmannen och skepparen än på det som Paulus sade. |
| Uma | Tapi' tadulako tantara toei, uma-i mpangalai' lolita Paulus, apa' meliu-pi pompangala' -na lolita tompajala' kapal pai' pangkeni kapal. Hira' doko' kaliliu. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "owner": owners, ownership, ownerships. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "owner": browner, crowner, downer, downtowner, drowner, frowner, homeowner, landowner, nonlandowner, nonowner, shipowner, sundowner, uptowner. (additional references) | |
Words containing "owner": clowneries, clownery, crowners, downers, downtowners, drowners, frowners, homeowners, landowners, landownership, landownerships, nonlandowners, nonowners, shipowners, sundowners, uptowners. (additional references) | |
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"Owner" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: awner, lowner, ocner, olner, onar, oner, Onera, onert, onor, onre, Onwe, Owana, ower, Owerri, owne, ownio, townser, woner, wonker, wonner. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "owner" (pronounced ō"ner) |
| 3 | ō" n er | Boner, donor, Honer, kroner, kronor, loner, Stoner, toner. |
| 2 | -n er | earner, easterner, entertainer, Afterburner, airliner, banner, bargainer, beginner, Branner, breadwinner, briner, browner, burner, campaigner, canner, centner, cleaner, coiner, Commissioner, commoner, complainer, conditioner, confectioner, Conner, container, copartner, corner, coroner, countertenor, crooner, crowner, Darner, decliner, demeanor, designer, diner, dinner, dishonor, downer, drainer, examiner, executioner, eyeliner, Falconer, fastener, finer, foreigner, forerunner, freshener, frontrunner, gainer, gardener, Garner, goner, governor, greener, gunner, gunrunner, hardener, headliner, Heldentenor, homeowner, honeymooner, honor, inner, intervenor, jetliner, joiner, keener, kindergartner, laminar, landowner, leaner, learner, liner, listener, lunar, manner, manor, mariner, meaner, milliner, miner, minor, misdemeanor, mourner, nonplanar, northerner, oftener, opener, parishioner, partner, penner, pensioner, petitioner, Pinner, plainer, planar, planer, planner, practitioner, prisoner, probationer, pruner, questioner, reasoner, recliner, refiner, retainer, Roadrunner, runner, saner, scanner, schooner, screener, Scrivener, shiner, shipowner, signer, sinner, Skinner, softener, sooner, southerner, spanner, spinner, stationer, sterner, stiffener, sweetener, tanner, tenner, tenor, thickener, thinner, tonner, trainer, tuner, Turner, vacationer, vintner, Waggoner, Wagoner, wanner, Warner, Weiner, westerner, whiner, whitener, Widener, wiener. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: rewon, rowen. | |
| Words within the letters "e-n-o-r-w" | |
-1 letter: enow, wore, worn, wren. | |
-2 letters: eon, ern, new, nor, now, one, ore, owe, own, roe, row, wen, woe, won. | |
-3 letters: en, er, ne, no, oe, on, or, ow, re, we, wo. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-n-o-r-w" | |
+1 letter: downer, erenow, knower, owners, renown, resown, rowens, wonder, wonner, worsen. | |
+2 letters: browned, browner, brownie, crowned, crowner, crownet, decrown, downers, downier, drowned, drowner, embrown, endower, forwent, frowned, frowner, knowers, network, newborn, nowhere, overnew, recrown, reendow, reflown, regrown, renowns, reshown, rewoken, rewound, rewoven, snowier, swooner, unswore, wagoner, whereon, wonders, wonkier, wonners, workmen, worsens, wronged, wronger. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Derived from 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Bible Trace 20. Derivations | 21. Rhymes 22. Anagrams 23. Bibliography |
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