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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
homeowner
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
insurance
▪ It is not among the supposedly restriction-free dozen, but it still is writing homeowners insurance.
policy
▪ Quackenbush polled 86 companies and groups offering homeowner policies in California.
▪ Fewer than 1 percent of insurance companies are freely writing homeowners policies in California, according to a state survey.
▪ California law requires companies that issue homeowners policies to offer earthquake coverage as well.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But homeowners are developing a whole new attitude.
▪ Even tax breaks for homeowners are an entitlement only for the well-off.
▪ For homeowners who do not have a south facing garden, there are other equally favourable aspects for the siting of conservatories.
▪ No completion or arrangement fees apply and homeowners will be eligible for a free valuation.
▪ The article neglected to mention the large percentage of homeowners who rebuilt early and subsequently tried to sell their houses.
▪ The mortgage trader who could predict the behavior of the homeowners made huge profits.
▪ We asked homeowners if they were aware of changes to the house-buying process and only 25 per cent said yes.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
homeowner

also home-owner, 1892, American English, from home (n.) + agent noun of own (v.).

Wiktionary
homeowner

n. 1 Someone who owns a house 2 Someone who owns a house for all practical intents and purposes, but is technically still in the process of paying for it over a long period of time

WordNet
homeowner

n. someone who owns a home [syn: householder]

Usage examples of "homeowner".

During the night, Adler and I had already interviewed the homeowners whose properties backed up to the murder site, but no one had seen or heard anything until the police arrived.

Video telemetry grids showed Lawrence several outraged homeowners yelling at his troopers.

Consider the responsible and loving homeowner who has a Medico, a tumbler lock known as being pickproof, installed in his front door to protect his wife, his children, and his home.

The homeowners accepted the deal, put new roofs on their condos and lived nervously ever after.

The battle has been predictably emotional, with homeowners and environmentalists on one side, county officials on the other.

Although chlordane was banned in the US in 1987, many homeowners there are deeply concerned to hear that it can last under a house for up to twenty-five years.

A great many of the homeowners over the years had put up fences that ran the length of their property, protection against the small animals that make the mini-forest their home.

So many kids brandishing realistic-looking toy pistols have been shot by police and homeowners that many manufacturers have switched to neon colors, to avoid future confusion.

While the companies try to cover their butts, homeowners are filing richly deserved lawsuits.

They faxed the Country Walk homeowners and offered lots more money to forget the whole thing.

True, these were crimes inflicted on thousands of homeowners, crimes that have caused horrible suffering and financial ruin.

Many homeowners have lost all their insurance money to fly-by-night vagabonds.

Ironically, Ocean Reef homeowners had been negotiating with the developers to buy out the utilities, including the long-troubled sewage system.

If officials guarantee drainage for homeowners there, a long line of swamp peddlers would form at the water management district.

This has been widely interpreted as a suggestion that homeowners who contemplate using deadly force to defend their property need not fear vigorous prosecution, as happened after the Gandar riots.