mill owner

collocation in English

meaningsofmillandowner

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mill
noun[C]
uk
/mɪl/us
/mɪl/
a building where grain is crushed ...
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owner
noun[C]
uk
/ˈəʊ.nər/us
/ˈoʊ.nɚ/
someone who ...
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(Definition ofmillandownerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmill owner

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Planters were in a much more vulnerable position when dealing directly with themillowner.
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Since the arrangement had stipulated a ten-year commitment, the new taxes would have fallen upon themillowner.
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This patriarchal authority even extended to the factory, as the landowner was often themillowner, too, and so could exert pressure through the contract on the head of household.
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The labour contractor, who had substantial funds at his disposal, contracted with a company ormillowner to supply and maintain the required labour force agreed to in a contract.
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Whether those words would apply to amillownersome distance down the stream would be matter for argument.
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I take it there is to be no subsidy to anymillowneror company in this connection.
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That money will acrue to themillowner.
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These matters must be handled sensitively, not in the manner of some 19th-centurymillowner.
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It would be interesting to hear what exactly a cottonmillowneris reasonably expected to know.
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For example, one entrepreneurialmillownertold me that he was trying to invest in new machinery.
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Alternatively, themillownerwill say that he must have a subsidy if he is to keep open.
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As long as the factory ormillownerlived near his industry, his establishment flourished.
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If it were not for this scheme themillownerwould be forced out of production.
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I could perhaps illustrate that confidence by repeating what onemillownersaid to me last week.
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There was the case of amillownerwho was convicted eight times between 1948 and 1952, and up to 550 animals were involved in a single charge.
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If they tell a certainmillownerthat he is not to apply because of the social circumstances of the mill, the whole scheme will break down.
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Compensation is to be paid to everymillownerwho destroys a loom.
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