See Also: Ownership(medicine)
ownership(dictionary)
ownership(dictionary)
Joint Ownership(law)
Incidents Of Ownership(law)
Ownership, Acquisition Of(law)
Concurrent Ownership(law)
public ownership(dictionary)
Ownership, Proof Of 15.2(law)
absentee ownership(encyclopedia)

ortho (iou) and ownership (oh)


ortho (iou)



ortho adjective & adverb. Freq. italicized. L19
[from ORTHO-.]
A. adjective.
Chemistry. Characterized by or relating to (substitution at) two adjacent carbon atoms in a benzene ring; at a position adjacent to some (specified) substituent in a benzene ring. L19.
Photography. Orthochromatic. E20.
b. adverb. Chemistry. So as to form ortho-substituted compounds. M20.

ownership (oh)



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.