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| brand |
a burn mark made on cattle or other animals with a hot iron to show who the owner is. [1/4 definitions] |
| deed |
A deed is a piece of paper that shows who is the legal owner of a piece of property. [1/2 definitions] |
| farmhouse |
A farmhouse is a house that is on a farm and where the owner or manager of the farm lives. |
| innkeeper |
the owner or manager of an inn. |
| legal |
Something that is legal is OK according to the law. When it is legal to do something, it means that you are allowed by law to do it. If someone is the legal owner of something, like a car or a house, they are allowed to have it or sell it because the law says they can. The legal owner of something has a special document that proves by law that they own it. [1/2 definitions] |
| lost and found |
a place where lost things are kept until the owner comes for them or until they are finally disposed of. |
| merchant |
an owner of a shop. [1/3 definitions] |
| owner |
An owner is a person who owns something. If a person owns something, it is theirs. |
| ownership |
the state or fact of being an owner. [1/2 definitions] |
| price |
When a store owner prices something to sell in their store, they decide the price for it. [1/3 definitions] |
| register |
When you register something, you put its name on an official list along with other information about it. When someone registers a vehicle, they tell their state government that they are the owner of this vehicle. They also give some information about the vehicle to the state including the vehicle's official number. [1/10 definitions] |
| rent1 |
a regular payment made to an owner of property for the right to live in or use that property. [1/4 definitions] |
| tenant |
A tenant is a person or group that pays money to live or work in a particular space that is owned by someone else. The money that tenants pay to the owner is called "rent." |
| true |
If you are the true owner of something, it means that you are the owner by law. If a man is the true king of a country, he has the right to be king. [1/4 definitions] |
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