ownerships
- 1Plural of ownership.
The merger combined the ownerships of several smaller firms into one company.
Property records listed three separate ownerships for the disputed building.
Note
The plural exists because ownership can be counted as well as held. Each distinct title or arrangement of control becomes one ownership. The legal meaning, complete legal control of a thing, pluralizes this way. So does the looser sense of responsibility for something, which lets a team divide the ownerships of a project's parts. When only the general state is meant, the word stays singular and uncountable: ownership changed hands.
ownerships is a form of ownership
ownership, noun: The legal entitlement to possess something and exercise complete control over it. Full entry
- Forms
- ownershipownerships plural
- Spelling
- ownership → ownerships: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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