part-own
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English
Etymology
From part (adverb) + own (verb). First attested in 1802 in the Gazette of the United States.
Pronunciation
- enPR: pärt′ōn′
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpɑːtˈəʊn/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌpɑɹtˈoʊn/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌpɐːtˈəʉn/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˌpɐːtˈɐʉn/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˌpaɹtˈon/
- (India) IPA(key): /ˌpaːʳʈˈoːn/
- Rhymes: -əʊn
- Hyphenation: part-own
Verb
part-own (third-person singular simple present part-owns, present participle part-owning, simple past and past participle part-owned)
- (transitive) To share ownership of something.
Derived terms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “part-own, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Further reading
- “part-own”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.