ownership interest
Piece of something
An ownership interest is a stake in property or a business entity that gives the holder rights to a share of its value, profits, or control.
The term appears most often in legal and financial contexts: She sold her ownership interest in the company, The partners held equal ownership interests in the firm.
Unlike creditors, who are owed money, those with ownership interests share in both gains and losses.
- deedWritten property conveyance
- landEarth's solid surface
- real propertyLand plus permanent attachments
- titleFormal honorific or name
- voting rightsEntitlement to elect officials
shareholder activism · sole proprietorship · fiduciary duty · dividends · capital gains · equity · sweat equity · majority stake · joint tenancy · piece of the pie · skin in the game · profit-sharing · claim · transferability · decision-making power · inheritance rights · share · minority shareholder
ownership interestdebt interest
Cost of owing money
lien · mortgage · liability · accounts payable · secured debt
ownership interestleasehold
Rented property interest
tenancy · license · occupancy · bailment · temporary custody
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