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ownership

noun
/ˈoʊnɚʃɪp/US/ˈəʊnəʃɪp/UK

Etymology

From owner + -ship.

  1. derived from *h₂eyḱ-✻ — “to have, possess”
  2. derived from *aiganaz✻ — “own”
  3. derived from *aigan✻ — “own”
  4. derived from āgen — “own, proper, peculiar”
  5. derived from aȝen
  6. formed as owner — “own + -er”
  7. suffixed as ownership — “owner + ship”

Definitions

  1. The state of having complete legal control of something

    The 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.

  2. Responsibility for or control over something.

    • The successful candidate will take ownership of all internal design projects.

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Derived

absentee ownership, antiownership, community ownership, co-ownership, cross-ownership, holiday ownership, homeownership, home ownership, interownership, multi-ownership, nonownership, ownership equity, public ownership, state ownership

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at ownership. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01ownership02responsibility03duty04tax05income06entrance07possession

A definitional loop anchored at ownership. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at ownership

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA