ownership

B2 Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ˈoʊnɚʃɪp/ UK /ˈəʊnəʃɪp/ See IPA manual

Freq #11217

Meanings

1

noun
The fact of owning something; legal possession.

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

More owndomproprietorship propriety

Opposites

nonownershipnonpossession

Word family

Derived forms antiownershipco-ownershipcross-ownershiphomeownershipinterownershipmulti-ownershipnonownership

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Phrases (1)

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employee ownership
ownership of a business by the people working in it

Noun + noun

Etymology

From owner + -ship.

Topics

Abstract Ideas

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