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单词 proprietor
释义
proprietorpro‧pri‧e‧tor /prəˈpraɪətə $ -ər/ noun [countable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Proprietor Ginny Gavin serves fresh croissants and fruit at breakfast to guests at her inn.
  • As proprietors of the general store, Mr and Mrs Stacey knew everything that went on in the town.
  • Dan Conrad, the proprietor of Conrad's Bookstore, says that small stores such as his offer service and convenience.
  • Eddy Shah, the former national newspaper proprietor
  • My father had fallen victim to an unscrupulous garage proprietor.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A bed and breakfast was booked solid for the dates I wanted, and the proprietor of it suggested the Ridgemount.
  • Bogie, the beer-bellied proprietor, says he feels it's his duty to stay open.
  • I knew the proprietor must be struggling to make a living, because we could no longer afford to extend him any credit.
  • I poked my head under the dripping awning of a newsstand and asked the proprietor.
  • The proprietors of Angels in Horden, near Peterlee, have been told they must follow a stringent set of conditions.
  • The offer is made when the proprietor of the machine holds it out as being ready to receive the money.
  • Unlike the owners of a corporation, sole proprietors and partners do not draw salaries as such.
  • With his broken-down truck and borrowed electricity, Carvel was the prototypical sole proprietor.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorthe person who owns something
the person who owns something: · The previous owner painted the outside of the house yellow.owner of: · The owners of the company live abroad.the proud owner of something: · He is the proud owner of two Olympic gold medals.car/dog/home etc owner: · Car owners are facing a 10% rise in the price of gasoline.
someone who owns a building and is paid money by the people who live in it or use it: · Our landlord has promised to fix the heating by Tuesday.· College accommodation offices provide lists of private landlords and landladies.
someone who owns and runs a business, especially a small business such as a shop or a restaurant: · Eddy Shah, the former national newspaper proprietor· My father had fallen victim to an unscrupulous garage proprietor.proprietor of: · As proprietors of the general store, Mr and Mrs Stacey knew everything that went on in the town.
someone who owns or lives in a house - used especially in official or legal contexts: · The police are giving advice to householders on how to improve the security of their homes.· Householders and tradesmen both use the refuse dump to dispose of their garbage.
someone who owns their own home: · The latest rise in interest rates is bad news for home-owners.· The latest trend is for home-owners to carry out improvements before selling their properties.
someone who sells things in a shop
especially British someone who owns or is in charge of a small shop: · The shopkeeper chased the boys out of his shop, accusing them of stealing.· Many immigrants have been highly successful as shopkeepers.
formal someone who owns a small shop: · Proprietor Ginny Gavin serves fresh croissants and fruit at breakfast to guests at her inn.proprietor of: · Dan Conrad, the proprietor of Conrad's Bookstore, says that small stores such as his offer service and convenience.
American written someone who owns or is in charge of a shop: · Local merchants have had trouble with vandals breaking windows.· Merchants say sales have not been affected by the road repairs.
also shop assistant British, /sales clerk American someone who deals with customers in a shop and sells them things: · Rowan worked as a sales assistant in a Beverly Hills shopping mall.· She's a shop assistant in the shoe department.· Get advice from a knowledgeable sales clerk.
someone whose job is to persuade people, shops, and companies to buy their company's products: · I worked for a while as a salesman for a big computer corporation.· Gail has been the firm's top saleswoman for the last two years.
the members of a company whose job is to persuade people to buy that company's products, or to sell goods to people in a shop: · The company has a sales staff of 600.· Customers liked the personal service the sales staff provided.
someone who sells things to people in the street: · Outside the theatre, there was a row of flower vendors.· Frank stopped to buy the evening paper from a news vendor.street vendor: · Flags sold by street vendors fluttered in the crowd of about 5,000.
WORD SETS
admin, nounadministration, nounadministrative, adjectiveadministrator, nounagency, nounagent, nounbalance sheet, nounbazaar, nounbid, nounbid, verbbig business, nounbook value, nounboss, nounbottom line, nounbranch, nouncapacity, nouncapital, nouncapital assets, nouncapital gains, nouncapital goods, nouncapital-intensive, adjectivecapitalist, nouncard, nouncentralize, verbcompetitiveness, nounconsultancy, nouncontract, nouncontract, verbcost-effective, adjectivecoupon, nouncritical path, noundecentralize, verbdeveloper, noundistiller, noundistributor, noundiversify, verbdownsize, verbeconomics, nounenterprise, nounentrepreneur, nounestablishment, nounfashion, nounfly-by-night, adjectivefold, verbfoodstuff, nounform letter, nounfranchise, verbfranchisee, noungazump, verbgearing, noungeneric, adjectiveget, verbhard sell, nounhaute couture, nounhigh season, nounhigh technology, nounhike, nounhike, verbloss, nounlow-tech, adjectivemaximize, verbMD, nounmerchandise, verbmerchandising, nounmerger, nounmiddleman, nounmiller, nounmission statement, nounmom-and-pop, adjectivemoneygrabbing, adjectivemoneymaker, noun-monger, suffixmonopolistic, adjectivemonopoly, nounnet, adjectivenet, verbniche, nounoff-the-peg, adjectiveopening time, nounoperation, nounoperational, adjectiveoperator, nounoption, nounoutlay, nounoutlet, nounoutput, nounoutwork, nounoverhead, nounoverstock, verbpackage, nounpartner, nounpartnership, nounpatent, nounpayola, nounpercentage, nounpiracy, nounpremium, nounprivate practice, nounprivatization, nounprivatize, verbprofitability, nounproprietor, nounproprietress, nounpurchase price, nounpurchasing power, nounquiet, adjectiveR & D, nounrate of return, nounrecall, verbreject, nounrep, nounresearch and development, nounrestrictive practices, nounrevenue, nounsell, verbservice industry, nounsleeping partner, nounspeculate, verbspeculation, nounspeculative, adjectivestreet value, nounsubtotal, nounswap meet, nounsweatshop, nounsyndicate, nounsystems analyst, nountake, nountender, nountie-up, nounTM, transact, verbtransaction, nounturnover, nounundersell, verbuneconomic, adjectiveunit, noununprofitable, adjectivevideo conferencing, nounwatchdog, nounwheeler-dealer, nounwheeling and dealing, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
British English (=owner)· Ultimately, it’s the newspaper proprietor who decides what goes into the newspaper.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· The form should name the registered proprietor in full.· A person infringes by doing any of these acts without the licence of the registered proprietor.· The registration of a notice is a friendly proceeding carried out, in general, with the co-operation of the registered proprietor.
· On the facts, however, the accused was not the sole proprietor.· With his broken-down truck and borrowed electricity, Carvel was the prototypical sole proprietor.· By May 1797, when the paper was finally suppressed, they were its sole remaining proprietors.
NOUN
· Did the garage proprietor also make a contract of sale in relation to the World Cup coins?· First, they claimed that the garage proprietor made no contract at all with the customer in relation to the World Cup coins.· There was not just one contract made between the garage proprietor and the customer.
· Similarly the moral crusaders, newspaper proprietors and muck-raking journalists should be called off.· But for the newspaper proprietors, outside competition is not always a problem.· He has been in contact with Eddy Shah, the former national newspaper proprietor.· Last weekend it was offered to Eddy Shah, the former national newspaper proprietor, for £16m.· This may not have been very constructive, but, except towards the newspaper proprietors, it did not sound particularly bitter.· Meanwhile the opinions of newspaper proprietors played a disproportionate role in determining politicians' views of what the public wanted.· Eddy Shah, the former national newspaper proprietor, is one of his contacts.· The same goes for certain other immigrants, such as newspaper proprietors.
VERB
· I poked my head under the dripping awning of a newsstand and asked the proprietor.· Ishmael then enters the public room and asks the proprietor, Peter Coffin, for a bed.
formal an owner of a businessproprietor of the proprietor of a small hotel and restaurantnewspaper/garage/cafe etc proprietor
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