own verb

ADV. communally, jointly Only when the means of production were communally owned would classes disappear. She owns the house jointly with her husband. | legally He committed the crime with a gun that he legally owned.

PHRASES directly/indirectly owned by sb, own your own boat, home, etc. They dreamed of owning their own home. | partly/wholly owned by sb The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of SNL Research. | privately/publicly owned The museum is privately owned.

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