direct ownership

collocation in English

meaningsofdirectandownership

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direct
adjective
uk
/daɪˈrekt/us
/daɪˈrekt/
going in a straight line towards somewhere or someone without stopping or ...
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ownership
noun[U]
uk
/ˈəʊ.nə.ʃɪp/us
/ˈoʊ.nɚ.ʃɪp/
the fact that you ...
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(Definition ofdirectandownershipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdirect ownership

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I am sure that members of the public will wish to havedirectownershipof and participation in that.
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The former place their assets at risk, although retainingdirectownershipof them, in order to engage in the insurance business as principals.
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I take it he means that they have nodirectownershipin companies engaged in industry.
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Extendingdirectownershipis an integral part of our commitment to an entrepreneurial and dynamic economy.
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It relates to the number of petrol stations which should come under thedirectownershipof the oil companies.
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Municipalisation is not simply a method to bring houses intodirectownershipby local authorities.
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If one truly believes in individualdirectownershipof equities, that option should be available.
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We will transfer the citizen's stake in a major national asset from the notional ownership of the taxpayer-citizen to thedirectownershipof the shareholder-consumer.
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The purpose of the personal equity plan is to increasedirectownershipof shares by individuals and to reduce the proportion owned by institutions as such.
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The third is the opportunity for both thousands of employers and potentially millions of private citizens to participate in thedirectownershipof these businesses through shareholding.
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It hasdirectownershipover some historic sites and also liaises with private owners of sites that are managed under guardianship arrangements.
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In particular, it prohibitsdirectownershipof real estate in what is known as the restricted zone.
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Many of these organizations protect additional land throughdirectownershipof conservation areas and land held under conservation easement.
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Such ownership includes bothdirectownershipand ownership through related persons.
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Buyers of vaulted gold acquiredirectownershipin gold.
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He was, however, quick to denydirectownership, and attacked those who claimed otherwise.
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The security and permanence of their control and use of the natural resource base is actually more important to most indigenous groups thandirectownershipof the land itself.
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