owned

owned
   second-hand
   A refinement of the pre-owned theme. In 1999 prospective customers were being invited in advertisements to buy owned Rolls-Royce motor cars, as though there were also a store of abandoned vehicles from which to draw, if they so chose.

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  • -owned — [əʊnd ǁ oʊnd] suffix added to other words in order to say who owns something or how much of it they own: • It has 55 company owned stores and 130 franchised stores in 21 states. • The family owned concern is proudly independent. • the jointly… …   Financial and business terms

  • owned — adj. having an owner; often used in combination; as, state owned railways. Opposite of {unowned}. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • owned — owned; un·owned; …   English syllables

  • Owned — For the state of ownership, see Ownership. Owned is a slang word[1][2] that originated among 1990s hackers, where it referred to rooting or gaining administrative control over someone else s computer.[3][4] The term s original usage was close to… …   Wikipedia

  • Owned — Liste de termes d argot Internet Article principal : Argot Internet. Cet article propose une liste de termes d argot (abréviations, onomatopées, acronymes, autres mots…) utilisés sur Internet. Elle ne peut lister que les plus courantes. Sauf …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Owned — Dieser Artikel oder Abschnitt bedarf einer Überarbeitung. Näheres ist auf der Diskussionsseite angegeben. Hilf mit, ihn zu verbessern, und entferne anschließend diese Markierung. Der Computerspieler Jargon ergänzt den üblichen Wortschatz des… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • -owned — [[t] oʊnd[/t]] COMB in ADJ owned combines with nouns, adjectives, and adverbs to form adjectives that indicate who owns something. More than 50 state owned companies have been sold since the early 1980s. ...the Japanese owned Bel Air Hotel in Los …   English dictionary

  • Owned — Own Own, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Owned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Owning}.] [OE. ohnien, ahnien, AS. [=a]gnian, fr. [=a]gen own, a. See {Own}, a.] To hold as property; to have a legal or rightful title to; to be the proprietor or possessor of; to possess;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • OWNED — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index owned noun birthright (2), claim, claimant, effect, holding, land, monopoly, owner, ownership, resource …   English dictionary for students

  • owned — adjective having an owner; often used in combination (Freq. 1) state owned railways • Ant: ↑unowned • Similar to: ↑closely held …   Useful english dictionary

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