[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/owner/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [O](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/o/) / owner # owner noun (an owner, owners) «owner» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday A person or group that something belongs to. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owner/#m1) ### In the lessons In everyday life and safety, pet owners must feed, care for and clean up after their pets; ask the owner before stroking a dog. If you find something, try to give it back to its owner — «finders keepers» is not fair or always legal. In maths and grammar, the owner is shown with 's: «the dog's owner». Phrases: «the owner of», «pet owner», «dog owner», «shop owner», «the rightful owner». ### Examples - Always ask the owner before you pat a dog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owner/#x1) - The owner of the shop gave us free sweets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owner/#x2) - We handed the wallet to the police so they could find its owner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owner/#x3) - Pet owners must take their dogs for walks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owner/#x4) - Who is the owner of this coat? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owner/#x5) - The cat's owner put up posters when it went missing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owner/#x6) - Car owners must keep their cars safe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owner/#x7) - She is the proud owner of a new bike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owner/#x8) - He was a Dane, the owner of a travelling theatre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owner/#x9) ### Note Countable; with «an»: «an owner». Verb: «own»; noun for the state: «ownership». Possessive 's shows ownership: «Tom's book» = the book whose owner is Tom. ## In Jewish tradition The person responsible for an animal, pit or goods, who must make good any harm or loss. **Interpretation.** The laws of owners and damages are read as the base of Jewish civil law, in which a person is answerable for harm done by what they own. ### Examples - But if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof. (Torah EXO.22.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/owner/#x1) - If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good; if it be a hireling, he loseth his hire. (Torah EXO.22.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/owner/#x2) - the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money unto the owner of them, and the dead beast shall be his. (Torah EXO.21.34, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/owner/#x3) - So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; it taketh away the life of the owners thereof. (Writings PRO.1.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/owner/#x4) - The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel doth not know, My people doth not consider. (Prophets ISA.1.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/owner/#x5) - There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt; (Writings ECC.5.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/owner/#x6) ### Note Countable; with «an»: «an owner». Verb: «own»; noun for the state: «ownership». Possessive 's shows ownership: «Tom's book» = the book whose owner is Tom. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «owner» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owner/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«owner» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/owner.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «owner» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/owner/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«owner» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/owner.html) on Mova free.