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propriety
  1. (obsolete) The particular character or essence of someone or something; individuality. [14th-19th c.]
  2. (obsolete) A characteristic; an attribute. [14th-19th c.]
  3. (now rare) A piece of land owned by someone; someone's property. [from 15th c.]
  4. (obsolete) More generally, something owned by someone; a possession. [15th-18th c.]
  5. The fact of possessing something; ownership. [from 15th c.]
  6. (now rare) Correct language or pronunciation. [from 16th c.]
  7. Suitability, fitness; the quality of being appropriate. [from 17th c.]
  8. Correctness in behaviour and morals; good manners, seemliness. [from 18th c.]
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  10. Examples:
    1. “He had no reason to question his doctor about the propriety of their use.”
      “The question is not the validity of the contract, but rather the ethical propriety of the lawyer's conduct.”
      “The gentleman, lacking social rank, demonstrates his propriety instead through his sensitive, intelligent behavior.”
proprietor
  1. An owner.
  2. A sole owner of an unincorporated business, also called a sole proprietor.
  3. One of the owners of an unincorporated business, a partner.
  4. (historical) One or more persons to whom a colonial territory is assigned, like a fief, including its administration.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “As a sole proprietor, you may be the most dependable, long-term partner a business could ever hope to find.”
      “Her mother is now, with her husband, the proprietor of the inn, and she is there as part of the family or part of the establishment engaged in keeping the inn.”
      “But a quick word with the proprietor of the local service station reassured me otherwise.”
proprietary
proprietorship
  1. The state of being a proprietor; ownership
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Although Thompson controlled the Hippodrome for only fourteen months, his proprietorship of the theater fixed his place in contemporary American culture.”
      “This is because the sole proprietorship is made up solely of assets, such as equipment, leases, receivables and customer lists.”
      “Thus he established the peasant proprietorship, and won approbation and support of the overwhelming majority of the population.”
proprietrix
  1. (dated) A female proprietor.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Or Esther Rantzen as the dazzling proprietrix of a dating agency, maybe?”
      “Here she's greeted by a splendidly sinister Pauline Collins as the Proprietrix and her receptionist-cum-medium Sybil.”
proprietress
  1. A female proprietor.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “To add to the authenticity, a massive family portrait from 1970s Saigon shows our proprietress at age eight.”
      “In fact, if the truth were told, his long courtship of Inger was as much a courtship of the business as of its proprietress.”
      “A film crew was there filming a tongue-in-cheek interview with the proprietress of the place.”
proprieties
  1. plural of propriety
  2. The customs associated with polite society
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  4. Examples:
    1. “I shall never marry you, or consort with you beyond obligational social proprieties beyond this so called adventure.”
      “Her medium and subject matter flew in the face of traditional figurative aesthetics, feminist proprieties, and postmodernist biases, all at once.”
      “The rule of law was dispensed with and constitutional proprieties were cast aside.”
proprietorships
  1. plural of proprietorship
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Family members often find entering business together is more efficient than operating several independent sole proprietorships.”
      “More than two-thirds of all small businesses are either sole proprietorships, partnerships, or S corporations.”
      “Many small businesses start their businesses as sole proprietorships or partnerships.”
proprietresses
  1. plural of proprietress
proprietaries
proprietrices
proprietrixes
proprietors
  1. plural of proprietor
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Councilmen visited drugstores and restaurants in the city, demanding that proprietors remove all rock records from their jukeboxes.”
      “Although ten out of twelve major media institutions are located in Lagos, only two of these, the Punch and the Comet, have Yoruba proprietors.”
      “Getting paid can be a nightmare for any business, but dealing with accounts receivable can be particularly harsh for sole proprietors.”
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