1. Having an owner; often used in combination
   "state-owned railways"

1. Have ownership or possession of
   "He owns three houses in Florida";
   - have, possess
    
2. Admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error
   "the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting";
   - make a clean breast of, own up, fess up [informal], cop [N. Amer, informal], cop to [N. Amer, informal], come clean [informal], fess [informal]

See also: closely-held

Type of: concede, confess, have, have got, hold, profess

Antonym: ownerless

Encyclopedia: Owned