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owner-operator

owner-operator noun: someone who both owns and operates a piece of equipment, especially a semi-trailer truck (articulated lorry). They are a contractor; they may be a commercial carrier, but most often they provide capacity (trucks and drivers, with or without trailers or chassis) to either commercial or private carriers as a subcontractor.

Noun

owner-operator (plural owner-operators)

  1. Someone who both owns and operates a piece of equipment, especially a semi-trailer truck (articulated lorry). They are a contractor; they may be a commercial carrier, but most often they provide capacity (trucks and drivers, with or without trailers or chassis) to either commercial or private carriers as a subcontractor.

Forms of owner-operator

pluralowner-operators

Questions about owner-operator

What does owner-operator mean?
Owner-operator means someone who both owns and operates a piece of equipment, especially a semi-trailer truck (articulated lorry). They are a contractor; they may be a commercial carrier, but most often they provide capacity (trucks and drivers, with or without trailers or chassis) to either commercial or private carriers as a subcontractor.
What part of speech is owner-operator?
Owner-operator is a noun.
What is the plural of owner-operator?
The plural of owner-operator is owner-operators.

Words near owner-operator in the dictionary

  1. owner's equity
  2. owner-driver
  3. owner-drivers
  4. owner-occupier
  5. owner-occupiers
  6. owner-operator
  7. owner-operators
  8. owner-type jeepney
  9. owner-type jeepneys
  10. owneress
  11. owneresses

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