proprietorship

Other forms: proprietorships

Definitions of proprietorship
  1. noun
    an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
    synonyms: proprietary
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    type of:
    ownership
    the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others
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