单词 | ownership |
释义 | ownership (once / 680 pages) n Ownership is the state of owning something. Anything that people own or possess gives them the quality of ownership. Wars are often fought over the ownership of land. When you buy a book, you own it. Add the suffix ship to owner, and now you have ownership of that lovely book. If you buy a house, you have ownership of it. Politicians like to talk about the “American dream of home ownership.” If you buy a lottery ticket, you have ownership of that, too. If you win big, you’ll have ownership of lots of cash and then you, too can realize that American dream. WORD FAMILYownership: ownerships+/disown: disowned, disowning, disownment, disowns/disownment: disownments/own: disown, owned, owner, owning, ownly, owns/owned: unowned/owner: ownerless, owners, ownership USAGE EXAMPLESThis story was produced in collaboration with the Trace as part of a partnership to report on exclusive new gun ownership data. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) The salon, near an Albertsons and squeezed between Bauhaus Hair Studio and Dollar $mart on North Tustin Street, is under new ownership again. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) But in the meantime, Trump’s election added another wrinkle to the company’s ownership situation. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n the state or fact of being an owner Hyper state the way something is with respect to its main attributes 2n the act of having and controlling property Syn|Hypo|Hyper possession 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, retentionthe act of retaining something illegal possessionpossession of controlled substances withholdingthe act of holding back or keeping within your possession or control storagethe act of storing something control the activity of managing or exerting control over something 3n the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others Hypo|Hyper community common ownership severaltyexclusive individual ownership property rightthe legal right of ownership proprietary, proprietorshipan unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits employee ownershipownership of a business by the people who work for it landholdingownership of land; the state or fact of owning land stockholdingownership of stocks; the state or fact of holding stock public domainproperty rights that are held by the public at large accession(civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement relation an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together |
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