Definitions for ownership

ownership own·er·ship

Spelling: [oh-ner-ship]
IPA: /ˈoʊ nərˌʃɪp/

Ownership is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 548 anagrams from letters in ownership (ehinoprsw).

Definitions for ownership

noun

  1. the state or fact of being an owner.
  2. legal right of possession; proprietorship.

Origin of ownership

First recorded in 1575-85; owner + -ship

Examples for ownership

The Wall Street Journal, which just turned 125, has thrived under his ownership.

Federal law prohibits children under 18 years of age from purchasing guns, but ownership and operation are different matters.

We fight over their ownership and control, as if reality were a resource as scarce as the water and oil in Mad Max.

The only instance in which ownership was involved was the New York Knicks.

To effect a change of ownership with the candid concomitance of a brass band.

I don't intend him to know anything at all about my ownership now.

Still, I guess the ownership of the canoe doesn't amount to much now.

In almost every sphere of life, the trend is to trade in ownership for access.

The sense of ownership has been the seed-plot of our moral code.

But Alice was no claim-jumper—so long as the notice of ownership was plainly posted.

Word Value for ownership
Scrable

17

Words with friends

18

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