Definitions for ownershipˈoʊ nərˌʃɪp
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
own•er•shipˈoʊ nərˌʃɪp(n.)
the state or fact of being an owner.
legal right of possession; proprietorship.
Origin of ownership:
1575–85
Princeton's WordNet
ownership(noun)
the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others
possession, ownership(noun)
the act of having and controlling property
ownership(noun)
the state or fact of being an owner
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
ownership(noun)ˈoʊ nərˌʃɪp
the fact of owning sth
a dispute over ownership of the land; a business under new ownership
Wiktionary
ownership(Noun)
The state of having complete legal control of the status of something.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
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
- eiendom, eiendomsreg, eienaarskapAfrikaans

- مُلْكِيَّهArabic

- собственостBulgarian

- propriedadePortuguese (BR)

- vlastnictvíCzech

- das EigentumsrechtGerman

- ejerskabDanish

- ιδιοκτησίαGreek

- propiedadSpanish

- omandiõigusEstonian

- مالکیتFarsi

- omistajuusFinnish

- (droit de) propriétéFrench

- בַּעֲלוּתHebrew

- स्ामित्वHindi

- vlasništvoCroatian

- tulajdon(jog)Hungarian

- kepemilikanIndonesian

- það að vera eigandi; eignarrétturIcelandic

- proprietàItalian

- 所有権Japanese

- 소유권Korean

- nuosavybė, nuosavybės teisėLithuanian

- īpašumtiesības; īpašumsLatvian

- pemilikanMalay

- eigendomDutch

- eie, eiendomsrettNorwegian

- własnośćPolish

- مالکیتPersian

- مالكيتPashto

- propriedadePortuguese

- (drept de) proprietateRomanian

- владениеRussian

- vlastníctvoSlovak

- lastništvoSlovenian

- vlasništvoSerbian

- ägarskap, äganderätt, ägoSwedish

- สิทธิการครอบครองThai

- sahiplikTurkish

- 所有權Chinese (Trad.)

- власність; право власностіUkrainian

- ملکيتUrdu

- quyền sở hữuVietnamese

- 所有权Chinese (Simp.)

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