homeowner

Noun

homeowner (plural homeowners)

1. Someone who owns a house.
   • He advised homeowners to get insurance before then so they can be grandfathered in as discretionary buyers of flood insurance in a nonflood zone.2009 September 6, Joseph Berger, “Flood Zone Remapping Hits Hard on Long Island”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2022
   • The homeowner theorized that the intruders saw that the house was up for sale and targeted it for their rager.2022 June 22, Selim Algar, “Incensed owner of $8M Florida mansion ransacked by teens wants them prosecuted”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on...
2. Someone who does not have the title to a house, but has possession and is paying for it in installments.
   • The taxability of forgiven debt is set to become a pressing issue as more homeowners fall behind on their mortgages and face foreclosure.2007 August 24, “Foreclosure and Taxes”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022