ownership
the state or fact of being an owner.
legal right of possession; proprietorship.
Origin of ownership
1Other words from ownership
- in·ter·own·er·ship, noun
- self-own·er·ship, noun
Words Nearby ownership
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How to use ownership in a sentence
We can store the data we get from platforms like Google, and thus have some sort of ownership rights ourselves to it as advertisers.
This decade’s most important marketing question: What data rights do advertisers possess? | Kirk Williams | September 17, 2020 | Search Engine LandNASA would retain sole ownership of the material upon transfer.
NASA will pay for moon rocks excavated by private companies | Neel Patel | September 10, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewPrices far outpaced inflation, especially in the most competitive markets, putting ownership out of reach for many Americans.
Climate change will transform what it means to be a homeowner | Alexandra Ossola | September 8, 2020 | QuartzPlease note that PCS was sold by its previous ownership in August 2000.
Paris Hilton was the original influencer. Now a new documentary lets viewers see past the facade | ehinchliffe | September 7, 2020 | FortuneIt’s unclear exactly what the costs would be or how Walmart and Microsoft would split ownership.
Walmart’s TikTok bid is a risky bet on the direction of US retail | Marc Bain | August 29, 2020 | Quartz
The NRA objects to doctors asking patients basic questions about gun ownership.
But does this means that animal ownership continues in heaven?
Sorry, Internet: Pope Francis Didn't Open Paradise to Pets | Candida Moss | December 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe fight over their ownership and control, as if reality were a resource as scarce as the water and oil in Mad Max.
The rate of violent crime had nearly doubled, so Republicans took ownership of that issue.
Yet here we are, fighting over ownership of the idea of freedom.
But after all, land is only one particular case of ownership under the one and the same system.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockIf the finder knows who the owner is or has a reasonable clue to the ownership, which he disregards, he is guilty of larceny.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesThe private ownership of land is one of the greatest incentives to human effort that the world has ever known.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockBy statute the stock record of ownership is usually made the conclusive test of the right to vote.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesAlso, ownership of vast limits of growing spruce was necessary to the control of the valley.
Scattergood Baines | Clarence Budington Kelland
British Dictionary definitions for ownership
/ (ˈəʊnəʃɪp) /
the state or fact of being an owner
legal right of possession; proprietorship
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