ownership

Noun

Meaning

The state of being an owner; the right to own; exclusive right of possession; legal or just claim or title; proprietorship.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

possession dominion barony lordship freehold use control right land interest title property hold occupation charge

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Antonyms

championship help loss assistant advantage aid

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Hypernyms

control state relation

Hyponyms

community holding keeping proprietary retention proprietorship

Phrases with the word

communal ownership family ownership joint ownership dual ownership right of ownership personal ownership

Anagrams

shipowner

Examples

Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another. Toni Morrison

I believe that the abolition of private ownership of land and capital is a necessary step toward any world in which the nations are to live at peace with one another. Bertrand Russell

When you make a commitment to a relationship, you invest your attention and energy in it more profoundly because you now experience ownership of that relationship. Barbara De Angelis

If General Motors is worth $60 a share to an investor it must be because the full common-stock ownership of this gigantic enterprise as a whole is worth 43 million (shares) times $60, or no less than $2,600 million. Benjamin Graham

Ownership is to fear. Traditional Proverb

A loan long continued usually confers ownership. Irish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

ownerless land ownerlessness owners corporation ownership equity ownership of a business by an individual ownership of ideas