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| lien |
a legal claim on a piece of property when the current owner is in default on a debt or obligation. |
| maître d'hôtel |
the manager or owner of a hotel. [1/2 definitions] |
| merchant |
an owner of a retail shop. [1/4 definitions] |
| mistress |
a female owner of an animal, esp. a pet. [1/4 definitions] |
| newsagent |
(chiefly British) a store, or the owner of a store, that sells newspapers, magazines, and sweets; newsstand. |
| nonowner |
combined form of owner. |
| ownership |
the state or fact of being an owner. [1/2 definitions] |
| padrone |
the owner or manager of an inn; innkeeper. [1/2 definitions] |
| prop. |
abbreviation of "proprietor," an owner, or group of owners, of a business enterprise, real property, or the like. [2 definitions] |
| proprietor |
an owner, or group of owners, of a business enterprise, real property, or the like. [2 definitions] |
| publisher |
the owner of a newspaper. [1/2 definitions] |
| rent1 |
a periodic payment made by a tenant to an owner of property for the right to occupy or use that property. [1/5 definitions] |
| renter |
one who rents property from an owner; tenant. [2 definitions] |
| restaurateur |
the owner or manager of a restaurant. |
| restitution |
the act of restoring an object to its rightful owner. [1/2 definitions] |
| return |
to come back to a former possessor or owner. [1/23 definitions] |
| revert |
in law, to be returned to the original owner or his or her heirs. [1/4 definitions] |
| royalty |
a percentage of proceeds paid to the owner of productive real property, such land for mining or oil drilling, or to the author of a book, musical composition, or the like. [1/4 definitions] |
| saloonkeeper |
the owner or operator of a saloon or bar. |
| sharecropper |
a tenant farmer who gives a portion of his or her crop to the owner of the land as rent. |
| slumlord |
an owner of shabby rental property who charges high rents and allows the buildings to deteriorate. |
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