sole ownership
One person's property
Sole ownership is complete legal possession of property or a business by one person or entity, with no partners, shareholders, or co-owners.
The sole owner has full control over decisions and receives all profits but also bears all liability: She preferred sole ownership to splitting decisions with partners.
The term appears in real estate, business law, and intellectual property contexts.
- proprietorshipSole-owner business entity
- deedWritten property conveyance
- titleFormal honorific or name
- monopolyOne seller, no substitutes
- exclusiveLimited to one group
individual · single-handed · one man band · private · undivided · landlord · entrepreneur · master · autonomy · independence · buck stops here · possession · freehold · private property · dominion · self-employed · going it alone · founder
- ownershipown, possess, proprietorship, have, proprietor
- ownershipsproperty title, deed, freehold, leasehold, equity stake
- property rightsproperty rights, private property, real property, title, deed
- propertyproperty, land, house, home, lot
- Financial Assetsassets, cash, savings, investments, investment
- land deedsdeed, deed of trust, deeds, land deed, property deed
sole ownershipjoint ownership
Shared legal claim together
partnership · co-ownership · shared ownership · collective ownership · joint tenancy
sole ownershippublic ownership
State-held property or enterprise
corporate ownership · state ownership · government ownership · employee ownership · collective ownership