Meanings
nounabsentee ownership (countable and uncountable, plural absentee ownerships)
plural absentee ownerships
- uncountablebusinessOwnership of business or property by parties rarely present.
The property lapsed into disrepair under decades of absentee ownership.
1 more example
The numerous absentee ownerships made it difficult for the owners to make common cause.
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