ownership
/ˈoʊnɚʃɪp/noun3 syllables
Ownership means: the act of having and controlling property.
Synonyms for ownership4
noun, as in the act of having and controlling property
also used for ownership
owndom, proprietorship, propriety
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What does ownership mean?3
noun
1
the act of having and controlling property
2
the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others
3
the state or fact of being an owner
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Ownership in a sentence
- If purchase does not confer ownership, then piracy isn't theft.rul
- Management of a company is different from ownership of a company.orcrist
- They disputed the ownership of the land for years.CK
- I transferred ownership of the car to my spouse.Barra
- Sami believed in the ideology of gun-ownership.OsoHombre
- Ziri signed the documents transferring the ownership of the farm to him.Amastan
- What does ownership mean in the digital age?CM
- Carlos is a responsible colleague who takes ownership of his work.Amastan
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of ownership
as a noun
- plural
- ownerships