Dictionary

homeowner en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos Proto-Germanic *haimaz Proto-West Germanic *haim Old English hām Middle English hōm English home Middle English ouner English owner English homeowner From home + owner.

Meanings

1. Someone who owns a house.
   • He advised homeowners to get insurance before then so they can be grandfathered in as discretionary buyers of flood insurance in a nonflood zone. 2009 September 6, Joseph Berger, “Flood Zone Remapping Hits Hard on Long Island”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2022:
   • The homeowner theorized that the intruders saw that the house was up for sale and targeted it for their rager. 2022 June 22, Selim Algar, “Incensed owner of $8M Florida mansion ransacked by teens wants them prosecuted”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Jul 2022:
2. Someone who does not have the title to a house, but has possession and is paying for it in installments.
   • The taxability of forgiven debt is set to become a pressing issue as more homeowners fall behind on their mortgages and face foreclosure. 2007 August 24, “Foreclosure and Taxes”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:

Forms

Deriveds

homeowner association · homeownership · nonhomeowner

Translations (33)

nl huiseigenaar (someone who owns a house) · bg домопритежа́тел (someone who owns a house) · hi घरवाला (someone who owns a house) · sv villaägare (someone who owns a house) · ru домовладе́лица (someone who owns a house) · sv husägare (someone who owns a house) · hu lakó (someone who does not have title to a house, but has possession and is paying for it by instalments) · pt proprietária (de casa) (someone who owns a house) · he בַּעַל בַּיִת (someone who owns a house) · hi घरवाली (someone who owns a house) · cmn 屋主 (someone who owns a house) · de Hauseigentümer (someone who owns a house) · pdt Husieejendeema (someone who owns a house) · es dueña de casa (someone who owns a house) · bg домопритежа́телка (someone who owns a house) · grc οἰκονόμος (someone who owns a house) · es dueño de casa (someone who owns a house) · pt dono (de casa) (someone who owns a house) · ru домовладе́лец (someone who owns a house) · cy perchen tŷ (someone who owns a house) · ka სახლის მფლობელი (someone who owns a house) · pt proprietário (de casa) (someone who owns a house) · hu lakástulajdonos (someone who owns a house) · pl właściciel domu/mieszkania (someone who owns a house) · hu háztulajdonos (someone who owns a house) · ro proprietară (someone who owns a house) · de Hauseigentümerin (someone who owns a house) · ro proprietar (someone who owns a house) · fi asunnonomistaja (someone who owns a house) · hu házbérlő (someone who does not have title to a house, but has possession and is paying for it by instalments) · ja 家持ち (someone who owns a house) · hu lakásbérlő (someone who does not have title to a house, but has possession and is paying for it by instalments) · pt dona (de casa) (someone who owns a house)