ownership
Definition
Ultimate and exclusive right (conferred by a lawful claim or title, and subject to certain restrictions) to enjoy, occupy, possess, rent, sell (fully or partially), use, give away, or even destroy an item of property. Ownership may be 'corporeal' (title to a tangible object such as a house) or 'incorporeal' (title to an intangible something, such as a copyright, or a right to recover debt). Possession (as in tenancy) does not necessarily mean ownership because it does not automatically transfer title.
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ownership is in the Accounting & Auditing, Banking, Commerce & Finance, Corporate, Commercial, & General Law and Investing subjects.
ownership appears in the definitions of the following terms:
clear title,
mortgage backed security,
foreign direct investment (FDI),
sovereignty,
trademark (™),
leasehold,
possession,
voting stock,
lien,
deed
and
ownership appears in these other terms:
corporeal ownership,
joint ownership,
total cost of ownership (TCO),
dilution of ownership,
ownership in common,
incorporeal ownership,
public ownership,
ownership cost,
majority ownership,
employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)
and
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