| NOUN | possession | ownership | the relation of an owner to the thing possessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| act | ownership, possession | the act of having and controlling property | |
| state | ownership | the state or fact of being an owner |
| Sounds | ow'nershih.p | |
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| Rhymes | acquaintanceship ... zip / ZIP: 103 rhymes with ihp... | |
| Meaning | The relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others. | |
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| Narrower | community | Common ownership |
| employee ownership | ownership of a business by the people who work for it | |
| landholding | ownership of land | |
| property right | The legal right of ownership | |
| proprietorship, proprietary | An unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities / liabilities and entitled to its profits / profits | |
| severalty | exclusive / exclusive individual ownership | |
| stockholding | ownership of stocks | |
| Broader | relation | An abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together |
| Spanish | propiedad | |
| Catalan | propietat | |
| Nouns | owner | (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business |
| owner | a person who owns something | |
| Meaning | The act of having and controlling property. | |
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| Synonym | possession | |
| Narrower | 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 | |
| retention, keeping, holding | The act of retaining something | |
| Broader | control | The activity of managing or exerting control over something |
| Spanish | posesión, propiedad, tenencia | |
| Catalan | pertinença, possessió, propietat, tinença | |
| Nouns | owner | (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business |
| owner | a person who owns something | |
| Meaning | The state or fact of being an owner. | |
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| Broader | state | The way something is with respect to its main attributes |
| Nouns | owner | (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business |
| owner | a person who owns something | |
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