Responsibility vs. Ownership

Responsibilitynoun

The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable.

Responsibilitynoun

A duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable.

Responsibilitynoun

(military) The obligation to carry forward an assigned task to a successful conclusion. With responsibility goes authority to direct and take the necessary action to ensure success.

Responsibilitynoun

(military) The obligation for the proper custody, care, and safekeeping of property or funds entrusted to the possession or supervision of an individual.

Responsibilitynoun

The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation.

Responsibilitynoun

That for which anyone is responsible or accountable; as, the resonsibilities of power.

Responsibilitynoun

Ability to answer in payment; means of paying.

Responsibilitynoun

the social force that binds you to your obligations and the courses of action demanded by that force;

Responsibilitynoun

the proper sphere or extent of your activities;

Responsibilitynoun

a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct;

Ownershipnoun

The state of having complete legal control of something; possession; proprietorship.

Ownershipnoun

(business) Responsibility for something.

Ownershipnoun

The state of being an owner; the right to own; exclusive right of possession; legal or just claim or title; proprietorship.

Ownershipnoun

the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others

Ownershipnoun

the act of having and controlling property

Ownershipnoun

the state or fact of being an owner

Ownershipnoun

the act, state, or right of possessing something

Ownership

Ownership is the state or fact of exclusive rights and control over property, which may be any asset, including an object, land or real estate, intellectual property, or until the nineteenth century, human beings. Ownership involves multiple rights, collectively referred to as title, which may be separated and held by different parties.