ownership

B2 Topic:Law & Government
US /ˈoʊnɚʃɪp/ UK /ˈəʊnəʃɪp/
noun Freq #11217

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    The fact of owning something; legal possession.

    Ownership of the house passed to her son after the will was read.

  2. 2
    noun

    Taking responsibility for or control of something.

    The new manager took ownership of the failing project.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · the fact of owning... possession
Opposites
nonownershipnonpossession
Word family
Derived forms antiownershipco-ownershipcross-ownershiphomeownershipinterownershipmulti-ownershipnonownership

Etymology

From owner + -ship.

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