proprietorship
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From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026
A sole proprietorship is a business that’s owned and run by a single person.
From Salon • Dec. 2, 2024
If you earn self-employment income but haven’t set up a separate business entity, you’re considered a sole proprietorship.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2024
Just as he did with so much of American life, he proved his proprietorship over this land via destruction.
From Slate • Jan. 20, 2021
Pathos and proprietorship, rightly applied to a nature like Lancelot’s, might have been successful in binding him.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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Economics
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