单词 | non-owner |
释义 | non-ownern. A person who does not own a (usually specified) thing. Also (more recently): (Business) a person who does not own a share in a company (frequently attributive). ΚΠ 1866 K. E. Güterbock Bracton & his Relation to Rom. Law ii. 116 If both deduced their rights from non-owners, the earliest possessor had the preference. 1892 Publ. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 3 148 Having determined the proportions of owners of wealth and non-owners in a social group, [etc.]. 1912 H. Belloc Servile State 3 This principle of compulsion applied against the non-owners. 1948 Mind 57 228 The political opinions of automobile-owners are not very symptomatic of the political opinions of non-owners. 2000 Jrnl. Business 73 448 A long-term employment contract may be sufficient for retaining nonowner managers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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