All 14 Uses
proprietor
in
Ancillary Justice
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- There was a flier rental at the edge of town, and predictably the proprietor wouldn't rent to me unless I put down twice the advertised deposit.†
p. 27.8
- Then the proprietor demanded extra because I couldn't display a local pilot certification— something I knew wasn't required.†
p. 28.3
- Of the proprietor, so concerned that she might lose her valuable flier.†
p. 31.5
- The proprietor wouldn't want to lose the flier, just strand me alone in the middle of this plain of moss-streaked snow.†
p. 31.6 *
- And even if help came, and came before the proprietor who clearly meant me no good, I wouldn't get where I was going, a matter of great importance to me.†
p. 31.8
- The rental had several other vehicles, the proprietor would likely not be inconvenienced if she waited even several weeks to retrieve her flier.†
p. 32.3
- And that course would be futile if the proprietor decided not to wait, but to retrieve her flier more or less immediately.†
p. 32.7
- "Don't you have any common sense?" called the proprietor, when they were fifteen meters away.†
p. 37.5
- The proprietor swore, and turned to flee.†
p. 37.9
- The shop's proprietor watched us from the corner of her vision, not wanting to seem to watch us.†
p. 260.5
- I turned to the proprietor, a Nilter, short and pale and fat, in shirtsleeves though the temperature here was a constant four C and Seivarden and I both still wore our inner coats.†
p. 260.9
- The proprietor of the shop Inspector Supervisor Skaaiat had recommended was on the verge of throwing me out when my bank balance flashed onto her console, unbidden I suspected, Station sparing her embarrassment—and simultaneously telling me how closely it was watching me.†
p. 292.1
- But before I could speak up to say so, the proprietor brought out bolts of brocade, sateen, and velvet in a dozen colors.†
p. 292.5
- The rest—two more jackets and pairs of trousers, two pairs of gloves, half a dozen shirts, and three pairs of shoes—would be delivered to my lodgings by the time, the proprietor told me, I was done visiting the temple.†
p. 293.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(proprietor) the owner of a business
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, proprietor can reference someone with sole or partial ownership of anything -- such as a trademark.