Definition of "owner-operator" []

• A subcontractor that can be a commercial carrier, but most often provides capacity (trucks and drivers, with or without trailers or chassis) to either commercial or private carriers under a contract for services. (noun)

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• "With an hour less a day, I'm going to lose about a load a week, says Leo Wilkins , 66, an owner-operator based in St. Charles, Mich., who hauls highway-safety machinery on a flatbed truck."
• "McCullough: We are coming at this from a totally different perspective than a traditional owner-operator model."
• "Trisha Elliott is the owner-operator of Say it Loud Writing and Design, a freelance communications firm based in British Columbia, Canada specializing in Information Renovation."