non-ownership

Definitions

The state or condition of not possessing legal title or rights to an asset or property.

A model of consumption where users access goods or services without acquiring permanent ownership.

Examples

The rise of the sharing economy has shifted consumer preferences from traditional ownership toward a model of non-ownership.

His philosophy of non-ownership allowed him to travel the world without being burdened by material possessions.

Synonyms

lack of possession absence of title dispossession non-possession tenancy rentership

Antonyms

ownership possession proprietorship title holding legal ownership