Definition of "owner-driver" [owner-driver]

• A motorist who owns the vehicle that he/she drives. (noun)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

• "The new law is designed to spur competition and get the fragmented owner-driver sector to collate and provide economies of scale."
• "Anna arrived at the Hampstead address of her first owner-driver at five-thirty that afternoon."
• "Approximately 3,000-3,500 cabs are replaced every year as they reach their maximum allowable age - three years for fleet-owned taxis, five years for owner-driver cabs, and six-to-seven years for hybrids."