The ~ of a business is the owner of the business, when it is owned by only one person. (BUSINESS)
...a firm of solicitors of which he was the ~.
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The ~ of a business is the owner of the business, when it is owned by only one person. (BUSINESS)
...a firm of solicitors of which he was the ~.
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