单词 | proprietorship |
释义 | proprietorshipn. 1. The state or fact of being a proprietor; ownership; an instance of this. Also: the position of proprietor. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > owning > [noun] > ownership of land > proprietorship of North American colony proprietorship1669 the mind > possession > owning > [noun] > ownership or proprietorship owingc1450 ownership1583 proprietary1624 dominion1651 my-ness1662 proprietorship1817 mine-ness1920 1669 J. Locke Draft Const. Carolina §6 in Dep. Keeper's Rep. 258 Those who are then lords proprietors shall not have power to alienate or make over their proprietorships. 1719 Further Exam. Weavers Pretences 14 Madrass with its Dependencies, and the whole Island of Dieu, are British colonies; the Government and Proprietorship of them belonging solely and entirely to our Company. 1790 Lunenburg (Mass.) Proprietors' Rec. (1897) 304 An act..for the final Settlement of the Proprietorship of the Town of Lunenburg. 1817 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 4 Jan. 17 Mr. Hammond..offered to me the proprietorship of one of those papers as a gift. 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) v. 33 With an air of joint proprietorship with Richards in the entertainment. 1886 Act 49 & 50 Vict. c. 33 §7 To prove the existence or proprietorship of the copyright of any work first produced in a foreign country. 1906 J. Galsworthy Man of Prop. 110 Moved by some inexplicable desire to assert his proprietorship, he rose from his chair and planted a kiss on his wife's shoulder. 1922 A. Brazil Monitress Merle i. 12 Mavis and Merle looked at the scene with that sense of rejoicing proprietorship with which we are wont to revisit the pet place of our adoption. 2001 Evening News (Edinburgh) (Nexis) 24 Jan. (Business section) 4 Proprietorship of business space in Edinburgh is even more wide and varied. 2. An estate, business, etc., owned by a proprietor or proprietors. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > privately or individually owned land severalc1460 scope1569 severalty1570 propriety1661 proprietorship1788 1788 J. Jackson Thoughts Polit. Situation U.S.A. 67 In all proprietorships, and companies where private property is concerned, we see no menwho are not solicitous to have their full influence. 1837 J. E. Murray Summer in Pyrenees II. 135 Divided as the soil is into small proprietorships, each owner of an arpen of land possesses a horse. 1885 Times 8 Oct. 7/3 About the land there seems to be an idea with some persons that it should be split up into a number of proprietorships from 10 to 15 acres. 1925 D. G. Mukerji My Brother's Face 270 The lands were passing from small proprietorships to large holdings. 1958 Virginia Law Rev. 44 1205 The case involved several corporations and a proprietorship, all under common control. 2003 Detroit News (Nexis) 1 May (Business section) 3 b Setting up a proprietorship involves little paperwork. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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