proprietorship C2+ Topic:People & Society US /prəˈpraɪətɚʃɪp/ UK /prəˈpraɪətəʃɪp/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the state of being an owner, or a business owned by one person She ran the shop as a sole proprietorship for thirty years. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the state of being an... ownershippossessionproprietaryholdingtenure ↔ Opposites tenancy Word family Related forms proprietorpropertyproprietary Etymology AI details From proprietor (from Late Latin proprietarius 'owner', from Latin proprius 'one's own') + the noun suffix -ship. proprietarius Latin proprius Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # proprietorship **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /prəˈpraɪətɚʃɪp/ **IPA (UK):** /prəˈpraɪətəʃɪp/ ## Meanings 1. the state of being an owner, or a business owned by one person ## Examples - She ran the shop as a sole proprietorship for thirty years. ## Synonyms - ownership - possession - proprietary - holding - tenure ## Antonyms - tenancy ## Related Forms - proprietor - property - proprietary ## Roots and Affixes - Root: proprietarius - Root: proprius ## Etymology From proprietor (from Late Latin proprietarius 'owner', from Latin proprius 'one's own') + the noun suffix -ship. ## AI Etymology Proprietorship is from proprietor (from Late Latin proprietarius 'owner', from Latin proprius 'one's own') + the noun suffix -ship. Important recorded forms include proprietarius (Latin) and proprius (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers the state of being an owner, or a business owned by one person. The wider family includes related words such as proprietor, property, and proprietary. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown