English Explanatory Dictionary

owner-operator

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

owner-operator owner-operators

Related words

cabowner owner-driver truck driver
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