"owner-operator" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: owner-operators [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} owner-operator (plural owner-operators)
  1. Someone who both owns and operates a piece of equipment, especially a semi-trailer truck (articulated lorry). They are a contractor; they may be a commercial carrier, but most often they provide capacity (trucks and drivers, with or without trailers or chassis) to either commercial or private carriers as a subcontractor. Related terms: cabowner, truck driver
    Sense id: en-owner-operator-en-noun-O4tVKFVC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "semi-trailer truck"
        ],
        [
          "articulated lorry",
          "articulated lorry"
        ],
        [
          "contractor",
          "contractor#English"
        ],
        [
          "commercial",
          "commercial#English"
        ],
        [
          "carrier",
          "carrier#English"
        ],
        [
          "capacity",
          "capacity#English"
        ],
        [
          "trailer",
          "trailer#English"
        ],
        [
          "chassis",
          "chassis#English"
        ],
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          "subcontractor",
          "subcontractor#English"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "cabowner"
        },
        {
          "word": "truck driver"
        }
      ]
    }
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        ],
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        ],
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        ],
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