ownership

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others
noun the act of having and controlling property
noun the state or fact of being an owner

From owner + -ship.

Government ownership of telegraphs, telephones, railroads. — A School History of the United States, John Bach McMaster
Old ownerships, old passions, and their aftermath. — The Forsyte Saga - Complete, John Galsworthy
That is, not by right of ownership. — The Amazing Marriage — Complete, George Meredith

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