own
v.v. to have something that belongs to you because you bought it or it was given to you.
v. to possess something as property; to have legal or rightful title to an object or entity.
I own a small car and a bicycle.
Many people in this city prefer to rent their apartments rather than own them because of the high maintenance costs.
The family has continued to own the estate for several generations, maintaining the original architecture despite the rising costs of historical preservation.
From Middle English owen, aȝen, from Old English āgen (“own, proper, peculiar”), originally the past participle of āgan; from Proto-West Germanic aigan (“own”), from Proto-Germanic aiganaz (“own”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ- (“to have, possess”). Cognates Cognate with Scots ain (“own”), Saterland Frisian oain (“own”), Dutch, German and Norwegian Nynorsk eigen (“own”), Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish egen (“own”), Icelandic eigin (“own”). Originally past participle of the verb at hand in English owe. Also cognate with Sanskrit ईश्वर (īśvará, “able to do, capable of; owner, master”).
A back-formation from owner, owning and own (adjective). Compare Old English āgnian, Dutch eigenen, German eignen, Swedish ägna.
The verb is transitive and typically used in the simple aspect; it is rarely used in the continuous (-ing) form.
I am owning this houseI own this houseAs a stative verb describing a state of possession, it is not normally used in the continuous tense.