ownership
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ownership
- /ˈoʊnɚʃɪp/ US
- /ˈəʊnəʃɪp/ UK
noun ownerships
- The state of having complete legal control of something; possession; proprietorship. Other evidence of former ownerships such as notice-boards, number plates, and makers' plates, are often discovered unexpectedly. […] It has not been used for many years, and although it was impracticable to photograph the engine in the small confines of the shed it was possible to obtain a picture o
- Responsibility for or control over something. The successful candidate will take ownership of all internal design projects.
Similar: owndom, ownership, possession, proprietorship, propriety · Opposite: nonownership, nonpossession
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: possession, proprietorship, proprietary, property, possess, owner, estate, grantee, proprietor, permittee, tenancy, liability, incumbent, landownership, lessor, licensee
noun
Similar: owndom, ownership, possession, proprietorship, propriety · Opposite: nonownership, nonpossession
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noun legal status
| Español | propiedad, tituralidad, dueñesco, juro |
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| 한국어 | 소유권 soyugwon |
| 日本語 | 所有権 shoyūken |
| 中文 | 所有權 /所有权 suǒyǒuquán |
| हिन्दी | मल्कियत malkiyat, स्वामित्व svāmitva |
| Kiswahili | umilikaji |
| Português | propriedade |
| Français | propriété |
| Deutsch | Eigentum |
| Italiano | proprietà, padronanza |
| Română | proprietate, proprietăți |
| Русский | владе́ние vladénije, со́бственность sóbstvennostʹ, пра́во со́бственности právo sóbstvennosti |
| العربية | مُلْكِيَّة mulkiyya |
noun responsibility for something
| Deutsch | Verantwortung (with übernehmen) |
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title = {ownership},
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