its

Meanings

1. 1
   det

   Belonging to it.

   The manner wherewith our Lawes assay to moderate the foolish and vaine expences of table-cheare and apparell, seemeth contrarie to it's end.

2. 2
   pron

   The one (or ones) belonging to it.

   … both Houses have resolved to rob the North of a good friend of its and yours.

3. 3
   contraction

   Obsolete spelling of it's.

   As for the main bulk of Palaces, its true ſome have a greatneſs in plainneſs, […]

4. 4
   noun

   plural of it

5. 5
   noun

   Initialism of issue tracking system.

6. 6
   noun

   Initialism of intelligent transportation system.

Etymology

Equivalent to it + -s (possessive marker). From the earlier form it's (it + -'s), which is now considered nonstandard. Began to displace his as the possessive of the neuter pronoun in the Middle English period; had fully displaced it by the 1700s.