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Proprietor and owner

Hello. Is there any special difference between the terms proprietor and owner?
Thank you
Kristina, CZ
  

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[nq:1]Hello. Is there any special difference between the terms proprietor and owner? Thank you Kristina, CZ[/nq] IIRC, proprius in Latin means the adjective "own".

  • [nq:1]Hello.
  • Is there any special difference between the terms proprietor and owner?
  • Thank you Kristina, CZ[/nq] IIRC, proprius in Latin means the adjective "own".
  • So I hope there is no difference.
  • I didn't bother to check online dictionaries, because I was sure you had done that already.
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[nq:1]Hello. Is there any special difference between the terms proprietor and owner? Thank you Kristina, CZ[/nq]
IIRC, proprius in Latin means the adjective "own". So I hope there is no difference. I didn't bother to check online dictionaries, because I was sure you had done that already.

Posters should say where they live, and for which
area they are asking questions. I have live
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[nq:1]Hello. Is there any special difference between the terms proprietor and owner? Thank you[/nq]
Yes. Even though the dictionary defines them as having the same meaning, the actual usage is different. You would use "owner" to describe the person who owns any kind of business. You would use "proprietor" to describe the person who owns and runs a store.

John is the owner of a truckin
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[nq:2]Hello. Is there any special difference between the terms proprietor and owner? Thank you[/nq]
[nq:1]Yes. Even though the dictionary defines them as having the same meaning, the actual usage is different. You would ... applies to BrE. Always wait for a Brit to answer a question like this because they sometimes do things differently.)[/nq]
This Brit has been waiting for a more knowledg
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[nq:1]Hello. Is there any special difference between the terms proprietor and owner?[/nq]
I used to own a telephone call center (answering service). I called myself the proprietor, even though I had about 30 employees and delegated authority. It was amusing to see that most of the business world was not prepared for someone calling himself a proprietor. When running advertising or buying or le
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[nq:1]Hello. Is there any special difference between the terms proprietor and owner? Thank you Kristina, CZ[/nq]
I have never heard of anyone being a proprietor of personal property. I am a homeowner and I own lawnmower. I also own an automobile.

I have never heard of anyone being a proprietor of real property unless it was leased or rented.
If I were sole owner of a business whic
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[nq:2]Hello. Is there any special difference between the terms proprietor and owner? Thank you Kristina, CZ[/nq]
[nq:1]I have never heard of anyone being a proprietor of personal property. I am a homeowner and I own lawnmower. I also own an automobile. I have never heard of anyone being a proprietor of real property unless it was leased or rented.[/nq]
What about the proprietor of a hotel
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[nq:2]I have never heard of anyone being a proprietor of real property unless it was leased or rented.[/nq]
[nq:1]What about the proprietor of a hotel or guest house?[/nq]
Those are rented, albeit in parts or over a shortish term, aren't they? In the situations to which Rambler alludes the property is a business asset, and is readily identified with the commercial entity. The proprietor of
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[nq:2]What about the proprietor of a hotel or guest house?[/nq]
[nq:1]Those are rented, albeit in parts or over a shortish term, aren't they?[/nq]
The rooms are rented, but the hotel or guest house is owned by someone. The owner of a small hotel or a guest house is often called the proprietor.
In the UK, they have such status. See the Hotel Proprietor Act of
1956. In the US, even T
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[nq:2]Yes. Even though the dictionary defines them as having the ... a question like this because they sometimes do things differently.)[/nq]
[nq:1]This Brit has been waiting for a more knowledgeable Brit to reply. I would interpret "proprietor" in BrE to mean ... to be a human being rather than a company. The uses of the words in specialist contexts may be different.[/nq]
In the U.S., it
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[nq:2] Those are rented, albeit in parts or over a shortish term, aren't they?[/nq]
[nq:1]The rooms are rented, but the hotel or guest house is owned by someone. The owner of a small hotel or a guest house is often called the proprietor.[/nq]
So what's the argument: why did you question the applicability of Rambler's remark to those businesses? AFAICT they're exactly the kind of property h

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