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proprietorship

proprietorship noun: the state of being a proprietor; ownership.

Noun

proprietorship (countable and uncountable, plural proprietorships)

  1. The state of being a proprietor; ownership.

proprietorship meaning in Kannada

proprietorship in Kannada

ಒಡೆತನ, ಯಜಮಾನಿಕೆ, ಸ್ವಾಮಿತ್ವ, ಮಾಲೀಕತ್ವ

Forms of proprietorship

pluralproprietorships

Origin of proprietorship

From proprietor + -ship.

Words formed from proprietorship

Questions about proprietorship

What does proprietorship mean?
Proprietorship means the state of being a proprietor; ownership.
What is proprietorship in Kannada?
Proprietorship in Kannada is ಒಡೆತನ, ಯಜಮಾನಿಕೆ, ಸ್ವಾಮಿತ್ವ. See Proprietorship meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is proprietorship?
Proprietorship is a noun.
What is the plural of proprietorship?
The plural of proprietorship is proprietorships.

Words near proprietorship in the dictionary

  1. proprietorial
  2. proprietorial borough
  3. proprietorial boroughs
  4. proprietorially
  5. proprietors
  6. proprietorship
  7. proprietorships
  8. proprietory
  9. proprietous
  10. proprietously
  11. proprietousness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: proprietorship (page history and authors); proprietorship (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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