proprietorship
One-owner business structure
Proprietorship is the state of being an owner, or the thing owned.
In business, a sole proprietorship is an unincorporated business owned by one person who bears all liability and receives all profits: She ran her consulting firm as a sole proprietorship for tax purposes.
The term emphasizes individual ownership and control rather than corporate or partnership structure.
Formal honorific or name
- deedWritten property conveyance
- assetItem of value owned
- possessionState of owning
- holdingsProperty one owns
estate · freehold · landlord · owner · tenure · dominion · realty · inheritance
Not legally chartered
- self-employedWorking independently, not hired
- mom-and-popSmall owner-operated enterprise
- storefrontRetail facade facing street
- boutiqueSmall specialized retail shop
brick-and-mortar · vendor · merchant · shopkeeper · retailer · tradesperson · DBA · pass-through
Supplying monetary resources
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
- financeProvide money for
- backingAid or sponsorship
stake · contribution · resources · savings · assets · reinvestment · bootstrap · undercapitalized
Depending on oneself alone
- independenceFreedom from external control
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
self-direction · decision-making · sovereignty · freedom · control · authority · command · discretion
Organizational oversight and control
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
- governanceHow authority is exercised
operation · direction · handling · day-to-day · hands-on · accountability · duty · responsibility
title
Formal honorific or name
- deedWritten property conveyance
- assetItem of value owned
- possessionState of owning
holdings · estate · freehold · landlord · owner · tenure · dominion · realty · inheritance · acquisition
unincorporated
Not legally chartered
- self-employedWorking independently, not hired
- mom-and-popSmall owner-operated enterprise
- storefrontRetail facade facing street
boutique · brick-and-mortar · vendor · merchant · shopkeeper · retailer · tradesperson · DBA · pass-through
funding
Supplying monetary resources
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
- financeProvide money for
backing · stake · contribution · resources · savings · assets · reinvestment · bootstrap · undercapitalized
self-reliance
Depending on oneself alone
- independenceFreedom from external control
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
empowerment · self-direction · decision-making · sovereignty · freedom · control · authority · command · discretion · self-governance
administration
Organizational oversight and control
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
governance · operation · direction · handling · day-to-day · hands-on · accountability · duty · responsibility · obligation
patent
Obvious; inventor's monopoly
- businessesbusiness, company, bank, bakery, enterprise
- ownershipowner, own, ownership, possess, sole owner
- business entitiescorporation, LLC, partnership, company, subsidiary
- legal entitiescorporation, law firm, LLC, company, nonprofit
- organizationsorganization, organizations, company, companies, club
proprietorshippartnership
Shared business arrangement
corporation · joint venture · cooperative · collective ownership · public company
proprietorshippublic ownership
State-held property or enterprise
communal ownership · collective ownership · shared ownership · government ownership · joint ownership
- sole proprietorshipUnincorporated individual-owned business