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collective ownership

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noun

  1. ownership by a group for the benefit of members of that group

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Volunteers help care for animals, support mentorship programs and assist with riding events, creating shared spaces where culture, care and collective ownership thrive.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2025

This model of collective ownership, also called resident-owned cooperatives or ROCs, is on the rise.

From Salon • Jan. 6, 2024

Obviously, there were some very specific dynamics that were happening here, but they are very curious now about DAOs, about collective ownership, and all the different things that we explored with this organization.

From The Verge • Dec. 7, 2021

Nearly every utopia in these books begins with a determination to create a new economy, usually through some amalgam of collective ownership, central planning, and voluntary labor.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 26, 2016

A statement such as that which I have quoted at first leaves the reader stunned, since he sees absolutely no connection between nervous diseases and collective ownership.

From Socialism and Modern Science (Darwin, Spencer, Marx) by La Monte, Robert Rives