proprietor

Example Sentences

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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

The spokesperson said it was now the council's intention to remove the waste and recover the cost of doing so from the proprietor.

From BBC

On my way out of the Brooklyn Heights home, I remarked to the estate sale proprietor about the letters I had found.

From Washington Post

Unlike corporate-owned restaurants, Cao and other proprietors say smaller restaurants like theirs don’t have the flexibility to weather such dramatic changes.

From Los Angeles Times

In another potential boon for independent web proprietors, Amazon will now let them post product reviews that currently run on its own site.

From Seattle Times