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Ownership

The state of being an owner; the right to own; exclusive right of possession; legal or just claim or title; proprietorship.

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Community 76% connected

Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a community of goods.

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Holding 76% connected

of Hold

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Keeping 76% connected

of Keep

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Proprietary 76% connected

A proprietor or owner; one who has exclusive title to a thing; one who possesses, or holds the title to, a thing in his own right.

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Proprietorship 76% connected

The state of being proprietor; ownership.

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Retention 76% connected

The act of retaining, or the state of being ratined.

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Severalty 76% connected

A state of separation from the rest, or from all others; a holding by individual right.

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Broader term 3

Control 76% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Relation 76% connected

The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events.

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State 76% connected

The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.

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Owner 74% connected

One who owns; a rightful proprietor; one who has the legal or rightful title, whether he is the possessor or not.

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Owner 74% connected

One who owns; a rightful proprietor; one who has the legal or rightful title, whether he is the possessor or not.

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Possess 74% connected

To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own keeping; to have and to hold.

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Possess 74% connected

To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own keeping; to have and to hold.

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Synonym 1

Possession 92% connected

The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.

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