Meanings
plural ownerships
- countableuncountableThe state of having complete legal control of something; possession; proprietorship.
In the summer, DCC [Devon County Council] transferred ownership of the northern part of the station to NR for a nominal £1, enabling it (and the platform) to become part of the rail network.
2021 November 17, Andrew Mourant, “Okehampton: a new dawn for Dartmoor”, in RAIL, number 944, page 431 more example
Other evidence of former ownerships such as notice-boards, number plates, and makers' plates, are often discovered unexpectedly. […] It has not been used for many years, and although it was impracticable to photograph the engine in the small confines of the shed it was possible to obtain a picture of the plate which it still carries showing the former ownership.
1952 February, H. C. Casserley, “Permanent Wayfarings”, in Railway Magazine, page 77 - countableuncountablebusinessResponsibility for or control over something.
The successful candidate will take ownership of all internal design projects.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishouner
- Englishowner
- Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
- Englishownership
Translations
Arabic مُلْكِيَّة
- مُلْكِيَّة (mulkiyya)legal status
Bengali মালিকানা
- মালিকানা (malikana)legal status
Bulgarian владе́ние, притежание
- владе́ние (vladénie)legal status
- притежание (pritežanie)legal status
Catalan propietat
- propietatlegal status
Chinese Mandarin 所有權 /所有权
- 所有權 /所有权 (suǒyǒuquán)legal status
Czech vlastnictví
- vlastnictvílegal status
Dutch eigendom, verantwoordelijkheid nemen
- eigendomlegal status
- verantwoordelijkheid nemenresponsibility for something
Finnish omistus, omistaminen
- omistuslegal status
- omistaminenlegal status
French propriété
- propriétélegal status
German Eigentum, Verantwortung (with übernehmen)
- Eigentumlegal status
- Verantwortung (with übernehmen)responsibility for something
Hindi मल्कियत, स्वामित्व
- मल्कियत (malkiyat)legal status
- स्वामित्व (svāmitva)legal status
Hungarian tulajdonjog
- tulajdonjoglegal status
Indonesian kepemilikan, pemilikan
- kepemilikanlegal status
- pemilikanlegal status
Irish dílseacht, úinéireacht
- dílseachtlegal status
- úinéireachtlegal status
Italian proprietà, padronanza
- proprietàlegal status
- padronanzalegal status
Japanese 所有権
- 所有権 (shoyūken)legal status
Korean 소유권
- 소유권 (soyugwon)legal status
Latin dominium, proprietas
- dominiumlegal status
- proprietaslegal status
Malay pemilikan
- pemilikanlegal status
Māori rangatiratanga
- rangatiratangalegal status
Polish własność, posiadanie
- własnośćlegal status
- posiadanielegal status
- odpowiedzialnośćresponsibility for something
Portuguese propriedade
- propriedadelegal status
Romanian proprietate, proprietăți
- proprietatelegal status
- proprietățilegal status
Russian владе́ние, со́бственность
- владе́ние (vladénije)legal status
- со́бственность (sóbstvennostʹ)legal status
- пра́во со́бственности (právo sóbstvennosti)legal status
Slovak vlastnenie
- vlastnenielegal status
Spanish propiedad, tituralidad
- propiedadlegal status
- tituralidadlegal status
- dueñescolegal status
- jurolegal status
Swahili umilikaji
- umilikajilegal status
Swedish ägande, ägarskap
- ägandelegal status
- ägarskaplegal status
Tagalog pagmamay-ari
- pagmamay-arilegal status
Turkish sahiplik, iyelik
- sahipliklegal status
- iyeliklegal status
- maliklegal status
Ukrainian володі́ння
- володі́ння (volodínnja)legal status
Welsh perchnogaeth
- perchnogaethlegal status
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
ownership. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ownership
“ownership.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ownership. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ownership,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ownership.
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