homeowner
/hˈoʊmˌoʊnɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Someone who does not have the title to a house, but has possession and is paying for it in installments.
Example Sentences
- "He advised homeowners to get insurance before then so they can be grandfathered in as discretionary buyers of flood insurance in a nonflood zone."
- "The homeowner theorized that the intruders saw that the house was up for sale and targeted it for their rager."
- "The taxability of forgiven debt is set to become a pressing issue as more homeowners fall behind on their mortgages and face foreclosure."
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.