Definitions for ownershipˈoʊ nərˌʃɪp

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

own•er•shipˈoʊ nərˌʃɪp(n.)

  1. the state or fact of being an owner.

  2. legal right of possession; proprietorship.

Origin of ownership:

1575–85

Princeton's WordNet

  1. ownership(noun)

    the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others

  2. possession, ownership(noun)

    the act of having and controlling property

  3. ownership(noun)

    the state or fact of being an owner

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. ownership(noun)ˈoʊ nərˌʃɪp

    the fact of owning sth

    a dispute over ownership of the land; a business under new ownership

Wiktionary

  1. ownership(Noun)

    The state of having complete legal control of the status of something.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Ownership

    The legal relation between an entity (individual, group, corporation, or-profit, secular, government) and an object. The object may be corporeal, such as equipment, or completely a creature of law, such as a patent; it may be movable, such as an animal, or immovable, such as a building.


Translations for ownership

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

ownership(noun)

a person who owns something

Are you the owner of that car?

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