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Ownership
/ˈəʊnəʃɪp/
The state or condition of having legal rights to possess, use, and control a property or asset.
Synonyms:
possession
proprietorship
dominion
Antonyms:
dispossession
tenancy
lease
Examples:
Who has
ownership
of this house?
She takes full
ownership
of her actions.
Etymology:
Derived from Middle English
owenershippe,
which combines
owen
(to possess) from Old English
āgan
and the suffix
-ship,
denoting a state or condition.
Usage Statistics:
18 mentions per 1 million words
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