ownership English · revision 5482

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1583}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈəʊ.nə.ʃɪp/, US /ˈoʊ.nɚ.ʃɪp/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[owner]] and [[-ship]].^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The fact or state of being an owner, and the legal right of possession: 1583.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024) Etymonline has the 1580s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The meaning has stayed close to the first one.^(OED 1989)^(SOED 2002) ''Public ownership'' and ''social ownership'' are later compounds,^(SOED 2002) as is the ''ownership society'', a political idea of personal responsibility and economic freedom popularized by the American president George W. Bush from 2003.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1583 – the state of being an owner.^(OED 1989)

+ * 2003 – ''ownership society''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The state or fact of owning something.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The legal [[right]] to [[possess]] something.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[interownership]]

+ * [[cross-ownership]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[own]]

+ * [[owner]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}