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OWNERSHIP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of having and controlling property
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("ownership" is a kind of...):
control (the activity of managing or exerting control over something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ownership"):
actual possession ((law) immediate and direct physical control over property)
constructive possession ((law) having the power and intention to have and control property but without direct control or actual presence upon it)
criminal possession ((law) possession for which criminal sanctions are provided because the property may not lawfully be possessed or may not be possessed under certain circumstances)
holding; keeping; retention (the act of retaining something)
Derivation:
owner ((law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business)
owner (a person who owns something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("ownership" is a kind of...):
relation (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ownership"):
community (common ownership)
severalty (exclusive individual ownership)
property right (the legal right of ownership)
proprietary; proprietorship (an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits)
employee ownership (ownership of a business by the people who work for it)
landholding (ownership of land; the state or fact of owning land)
stockholding (ownership of stocks; the state or fact of holding stock)
Derivation:
owner ((law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business)
owner (a person who owns something)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The state or fact of being an owner
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("ownership" is a kind of...):
state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)
Derivation:
owner ((law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business)
owner (a person who owns something)
