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Noun: proprietorship  pru'prI-u-tu(r)`ship
  1. An unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
    - proprietary
     
  2. The state of being a proprietor

Derived forms: proprietorships

See also: proprietor

Type of: ownership, property

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