Noun

Singular owner

Plural owners

owner (plural owners)

  1. One who owns (something).
    Are you the owner of this car?
  2. (nautical, slang) captain of a ship

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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Fri Feb 26 21:14:14 2010

Ownership is the state or fact of exclusive rights and control over property, which may be an object, land/real estate or intellectual property. Ownership involves multiple rights, collectively referred to as title, which may be separated and held by different parties. The concept of ownership has existed for thousands of years and in all cultures. Over the millennia, however, and across cultures what is considered eligible to be property and how that property is regarded culturally is very different. Ownership is the basis for many other concepts that form the foundations of ancient and modern societies such as money, trade, debt, bankruptcy, the criminality of theft and private vs. public property. Ownership is the key building block in the development of the capitalist socio-economic system.

The process and mechanics of ownership are fairly complex since one can gain, transfer and lose ownership of property in a number of ways. To acquire property one can purchase it with money, trade it for other property, receive it as a gift, steal it, find it, make it or homestead it. One can transfer or lose ownership of property by selling it for money, exchanging it for other property, giving it as a gift, being robbed of it, misplacing it, or having it stripped from one's ownership through legal means such as eviction, foreclosure and seizure. Ownership is self-propagating in that the owner of any property will also own the economic benefits of that property.

Types of owners

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Wed Mar 3 02:10:30 2010

how do i help business owner improve the facades of their buildings in the downtown?
Q. I am a highschool student living in a town of 10,000 people, hoping to help business owners in the downtown to improve the facades of the old buildings, how would i approach the business owner into letting me do that and what do i need to do to improve the exterior of the building? im thinking just paint, but do i need permits and do i need to do other construction except painting?
Asked by Pierce411 - Fri May 30 01:28:18 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. you should go to your local city hall/building and construction department and ask.
Answered by Everyone - Fri May 30 01:36:34 2008

I need to interview an owner-manager of a sole proprietorship or a general partnership?
Q. I need to interview an owner-manager of a sole proprietorship or a general partnership? What characteristics of that business form led the owner to choose it? Does he or she ever contemplate changing the form of the business? Can anyone please help me I have a paper to turn in thursday and i'm looking for someone to answer these questions.
Asked by Stacy - Mon Oct 16 12:42:09 2006 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. My wife and I are sole proprietors of our piano studio. Piano teaching and playing was what my wife went to colloge for and what she has done for a living all her life. I assume based on your second question that you're asking why we chose that entity type in the first place. Basically the answer to that has always been for simplicity sake. It was never cost/stress effective to go through the trouble to incorporate or form some sort of limited liability company. The tax return for a corporation is a little more difficult to prepare and the state regulations regarding corporate status/upkeep is a bit more frustrating than your average schedule C (self-employed). To make a long story short I just haven't really seen the need to be… [cont.]
Answered by Adam D - Mon Oct 16 13:25:27 2006

How do I find the owner of an expensive stereo faceplate we found?
Q. My 74 y/o dad found this expensive faceplate in the case just lying on the street. I would like to find the owner. I have contacted Pioneer but have not received an answer back. Anybody have any ideas? Should I turn it over to the police or look for the owner?
Asked by snap_knight - Wed Oct 10 09:12:56 2007 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Take it to the police and put out a missing parts ad.
Answered by sparky3489 - Wed Oct 10 09:45:16 2007

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