sole proprietorship
noun [C] (also sole propietor company) LAWDefinition
› a business that is owned and operated by only one person: A sole proprietorship is owned by one person who reports the profits on a personal income-tax return.
(Definition of sole proprietorship noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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