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What is "pre-owned"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
pre-owned
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ They have a nice selection of pre-owned cars.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
pre-owned

1961, American English, from pre- + owned. A euphemism for used.

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pre-owned

a. secondhand

Usage examples of "pre-owned".

Just breathe, and you get the equivalent of one or two packs a day worth of slightly pre-owned tar and nicotine.

In the middle of the group she could clearly make out the pre-owned and remanu­factured face of Earl Strong, who in these parts was invariably described as "the next Senator from Colorado.

In the middle of the group she could clearly make out the pre-owned and remanufactured face of Earl Strong, who in these parts was invariably described as "the next Senator from Colorado.

Qwilleran said as he examined, hastily, three shelves of pre-owned recipe books.