verb

owns

owns

She owns a small business.

She owns a small business.

He owns several properties in the city.

He owns several properties in the city.

((sb.)) ((sth.)) to have (sth.) as one's own My uncle owns a restaurant.

possesses, has, holds

From Old English 'āgan', meaning 'to have, to possess'. 'Owns' is the third-person singular present form.

If something is your 'own', you 'own' it. The '-s' is added for he, she, or it.

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