ownership

[ˈoʊnərʃɪp]

Definition:
1. The relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others.
2. The act of having and controlling property.
3. The state or fact of being an owner.

Use 'ownership' in a sentence:

1. Hispanic households continued to lag behind, but their rate of computer ownership was expanding as well.
2. Home ownership has been an overarching and innate desire of the British.
3. That would be acknowledging the Railroad's ownership right away-forfeiting their rights for good.
4. Full ownership comes only when you have made it a part of yourself.
5. Politicians thoughtlessly promoted home-ownership for those who could not afford it.
6. The reciprocation lies in the ownership and professional systems.
7. The financing of home ownership will continue through the 1990s and beyond.
8. Although it may be less marked in other societies, the link between the sense of "self" and of "ownership" is a notable feature of childhood in Western societies.
9. The paper does not explain why foreign ownership should be considered bad.
10. We feel something similar to a sense of ownership when we hold things in our hand.
11. Now, consider three indices of assimilation—language, home ownership and intermarriage.
12. It requires consummating the structures of deadline, ownership variety and interest rate.
13. A change of ownership might improve things.
14. He claimed ownership of the house.
15. We have changes in farming and in land ownership.
16. No other European country had so much state ownership and so few privately owned businesses.
17. The house is under new ownership.
18. The other reason why costs are so high is the restrictive guild-like ownership structure of the business.
19. But driverless car ownership could increase as the prices drop and more people become comfortable with the technology ．
20. "It made me think about how I'm teaching him to have ownership of his own body and how what is shared today endures into the future," Dunham says.
21. He initially submitted a claim for ownership of the shack and became entangled in a legal battle, but has now withdrawn the claim.
22. Ownership is not clear because of expropriations in the Nazi era.
23. The ownership of the restaurant is disputed.
24. He was chafing under the company's new ownership.
25. Politicians who thoughtlessly promoted home-ownership for those who could not afford it?
26. The ownership of the island has long been established beyond dispute.
27. The matter in dispute over trifles is the ownership of the house.
28. So far no authoritative figures are available as to the persent telephone ownership in this city.
29. Article 16 Disputes arising from the ownership or use right of land shall be settled through consultation among parties concerned;
30. The matter in dispute is the ownership of the house.
31. Gun ownership by law-abiding people was not a problem.
32. Ownership has been described as "the entirety of powers of use and disposal allowed by law".
33. My various possessions were floating in their own pools of shadow, denying my ownership of them.
34. This sense of ownership is simply not part of the equation in the online shopping experience.
35. The plan does not explicitly endorse the private ownership of land.
36. Complex structures with more than three layers of ownership should arouse especial scrutiny.
37. The regional parliament threw down a new challenge to the central authorities by passing a law allowing private ownership of businesses.
38. Privatization goes against the grain of their principle of opposition to private ownership of industry.
39. Russia and Ukraine have been disputing the ownership of the fleet.
40. The restaurant is under new ownership.
41. He has already transferred ownership of most of the works to a British foundation.
42. Brazil says its constitution forbids the private ownership of energy assets.
43. Privatisation goes against the grain of their principle of opposition to private ownership of industry.
44. Ownership of the land is currently being disputed.
45. He said that anyone trying to export goods without proof of ownership would have them seized.
46. Such efforts rob the team of feeling self-direction and ownership of their process.
47. But biological parents aren't always preferable to adoptive ones, and biological parentage does not convey absolute ownership that cancels all the rights of children.
48. But biological parents aren't always preferable to adoptive ones, and biological parentage does not convey an absolute ownership that cancels all the rights of children.
49. The downward trend in home ownership is likely to continue.
50. On January 23rd, the U.S. decided to relax its rules on the foreign ownership of its airlines.
51. A brand was a mark of ownership burned into the hide of an animal with a hot iron.
52. Private home ownership is increasing faster than ever.