Posted 12 August 2010 - 21:56. Mine sat in customs then appeared at the door without an update to the tracking information. In fact, my local post office *almost* sent the package back because it required a signature and I was not at home the first time they tried to deliver.
Someone who owns a business or a property is a proprietor. A bookstore proprietor might wish she became a librarian instead so the books would come back. The first part of proprietor sounds a lot like property, and a proprietor is someone with ownership of property. Sometimes a proprietor oversees the business, such as a restaurant proprietor who is also a chef or hostess, and other times a proprietor owns many businesses and has different people running them.
Definition of sole proprietor: Sole owner of a business; a self-employed person such as a grocer, plumber, or taxi driver. He or she directs the affairs of the enterprise, bears its risks and losses, and takes the profits and ...