proprietorship has definitions from the field of business
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[ noun ] (business) an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits

Synonyms

proprietary

Used in print

(Christopher Davis, First Family....)

Scotty 's father sat sprawled in his chair , angular , alert as a cricket , looking about at the huge stainless-steel appointments of the room with an expression of proprietorship .

Related terms

ownership

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