pre-owned

adjective

secondhand

Similar
foreownedused
OriginEnglish owned ← Middle English pre- ← Latin prae- →
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Meanings

adjectivepre-owned (not comparable)
  1. euphemisticnot comparableadvertisingsecondhand

    Admiral Koris: Our people have, during difficult periods, purchased pre-owned vessels from other cultures!

    2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Rayya

    Synonyms: foreowned, used

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivesecondhand

Similar
foreownedused
Also see
foreownedprelovedsecondhandused

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Englishowned
  10. Englishpre-owned

From pre- + owned.

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Cite this entry
APA

pre-owned. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pre-owned

MLA

“pre-owned.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pre-owned. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pre-owned,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pre-owned.

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