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ownership

 noun
     
own‧er‧ship S3 W3 [uncountable]
the fact of owning something
ownership of
a dispute over the ownership of the land
public/private/state ownership
The company was returned to private ownership in mid-1987.
The price of home ownership is increasing.
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