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ownership Definition

owner·ship (ōnər s̸hip′)

noun

  1. the state or fact of being an owner
  2. legal right of possession; lawful title (to something); proprietorship

ownership Synonyms

ownership

n.

ownership Law Definition

n

The total body of rights to use and enjoy a property, to pass it on to someone else as an inheritance, or to convey it by sale. Ownership implies the right to possess property, regardless of whether or not the owner personally makes constructive use of it.
ownership Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • means: Class society based on the private ownership of the means of producing wealth has taken different forms.
  • land: Deeds Legal documents relating to the ownership of land.
  • copyright: The ownership of copyright will depend on whether the journalist was a staff reporter or a freelancer?

Converse of object

  • retain: No, the owner retains ownership of the horse or pony.
  • assert: The only reason any of them want to assert ownership is in order to have a right to charge for addresses.
  • share: Shared Ownership is a low cost home ownership scheme designed to help people who cannot afford to buy a property outright.
  • transfer: The Preston Dock Railroad Order The Secretary of State's decision to make the Order to transfer ownership of Preston Dock Railroad.
  • assume: Options include the serving of an Urgent Works Notice, Compulsory Purchase, or the establishment of a Trust to assume ownership.

Adjective modifier

  • shared: Like the properties at Rufford Road the six houses in Newby Street, all with three bedrooms, are being refurbished for shared ownership.
  • beneficial: The assets are held in beneficial ownership for its staff.
  • private: Private ownership of the Human Genome would hold back research.
  • pet: Pet ownership is not a decision that should be taken lightly.
  • outright: What, then, can possibly be the ethical claim to outright private ownership and control of land?
  • foreign: The IMF demanded that Seoul open Korean companies to foreign ownership.

Noun used with modifier

  • cross-media: There are now limitations on cross-media ownership, which has limited Berlusconi's activities somewhat.
  • land: In the villages, land ownership is a key factor of poverty.
  • car: Germany has high car ownership at 504 cars per 1000 inhabitants.
  • home: House Sales: The trend in home ownership has been buoyant.
  • employe: Employe share ownership schemes themselves can also perhaps be divided into two types.
  • dog: This advice is really aimed at people new to dog ownership, or lapsed members!
ownership Quotes

If socialists lose sight of the central importance of social ownership of the means of production, they will cease, in a very real sense, to be socialists at all: they will subside into the role of well-intentioned, amiable, rootless, drifting social reformers.

—Strachey, (Evelyn) John

We cannot remove the evils of capitalism without taking its source of power: ownership.

—Kinnock, Neil Gordon

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