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collective ownership

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noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

The 74 members of PleasrDAO — the abbreviation in its name identifies it as a “decentralized autonomous organization” — share collective ownership of the NFT deed, and thus own the album.

From New York Times Oct. 20, 2021

And so you see how individual selfishness, in this example of collective ownership on a small scale, would act in harmony with the social requirements.

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

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