co-owners
co-owners — noun
1. someone who, together with at least one other person, holds the legal right to a
someone who, together with at least one other person, holds the legal right to a piece of property, a business, or an asset
After their mother died, Talia and her brother became co-owners of the family farm.
became co-owners of (inheritance context)
Sven and his two cousins are co-owners of a furniture workshop in Stockholm.
are co-owners of [business]
The co-owners of the apartment building voted to install solar panels on the roof.
As co-owners of the machine patent, Sophia and Karim must approve any licensing deal.
Renata and Baraka became co-owners of the coffee shop after working there for three years.
- joint owner
more formal and legal in tone, common in property law and official documents
- part-owner
less formal, often used for informal partnerships or partial stakes in smaller assets
- shareholder
specifically refers to owning shares in a corporation, not direct ownership of assets
- sole owner
a person who owns something alone, without sharing the legal right with anyone else
文法句型
co-owners + of + noun phrase
co-owners + verb (plural agreement)
用法筆記
Frequently followed by 'of' to specify the jointly-owned item, such as a building, a business, a patent, or other shared asset.