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proprietor

[pruh-prahy-i-ter] / prəˈpraɪ ɪ tər /


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Word quickly spread around Poultney as locals started googling the new proprietor.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

However, there are other risks associated with being a sole proprietor that should be considered.

From MarketWatch May 26, 2026

There’s Harley Russell, ribald proprietor and performer at the Sandhills Curiosity Shop in Erick, Okla. There’s Fran Houser, the late, widely beloved proprietor of the Midpoint Cafe in Adrian, Texas.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2026

"We are suffering a lot," said Kishor Dulera, a tile unit proprietor who closed this factory and two others in early March, sending hundreds of workers home.

From Barron's Mar. 29, 2026

Then she spoke to the proprietor in a fury.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood

The owner’s vile crankery doesn’t prevail among New York coffee-shop proprietors.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

Bucket shop patrons were positioned heavily for Amalgamated to rise, so the proprietors shorted the stock “to establish as low a quotation as possible,” the Journal wrote.

From Barron's Apr. 7, 2026

This should lead to, among other thing, higher after-tax earnings for sole proprietors and small firms; stronger loan demand for community banks; and better exit economics for early stage investors, SocGen reckons.

From MarketWatch Nov. 27, 2025

But sole proprietors have to pay both parts of the self-employment tax on all income, whereas S corps can get a break here.

From Salon Dec. 2, 2024

As early as 1852 there was a restaurant at the summit and the proprietors were serving about a hundred meals a day.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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