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pre-owned

pre-owned adjective: secondhand.

Adjective

pre-owned (not comparable)

  1. (euphemistic) secondhand
    • Admiral Koris: Our people have, during difficult periods, purchased pre-owned vessels from other cultures!2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Rayya
    Synonyms:
    foreowned, used

Synonyms of pre-owned

Origin of pre-owned

From pre- + owned.

Questions about pre-owned

What does pre-owned mean?
Pre-owned means secondhand.
What part of speech is pre-owned?
Pre-owned is an adjective.

Words near pre-owned in the dictionary

  1. pre-oral
  2. pre-order
  3. pre-ordered
  4. pre-ordering
  5. pre-orders
  6. pre-owned
  7. pre-oxidation
  8. pre-pack
  9. pre-packaged
  10. pre-packaged bankruptcies
  11. pre-packaged bankruptcy

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