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:[[Sole proprietorship]]. A type of business organization that has one owner. This owner is personally liable for paying the business' debt.
 
:[[Sole proprietorship]]. A type of business organization that has one owner. This owner is personally liable for paying the business' debt.
 
According to [[Fundamentals of Financial Management by Eugene F. Brigham and Joel F. Houston (15th edition)]],
 
According to [[Fundamentals of Financial Management by Eugene F. Brigham and Joel F. Houston (15th edition)]],
[[Proprietorship]]. An unincorporated business owned by one individual.
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:[[Proprietorship]]. An unincorporated business owned by one individual.
  
 
==Related concepts==
 
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Revision as of 13:02, 1 November 2019

Sole proprietorship (or, simply, proprietorship) is a type of business organization that has one owner who assumes unlimited liability. That means that this owner is personally liable for paying the business' debt.


Definitions

According to College Accounting: A Practical Approach by Slater (13th edition)‎,

Sole proprietorship. A type of business organization that has one owner. This owner is personally liable for paying the business' debt.

According to Fundamentals of Financial Management by Eugene F. Brigham and Joel F. Houston (15th edition),

Proprietorship. An unincorporated business owned by one individual.

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