| own own /; AmE / adjective, verb ■ adjective done or produced by and for yourself: The store has launched its own product line of organic foods. ⇨ BEAT, HOLD verb ■ verb [+ obj] (not used in the continuous tenses) to have sth that belongs to you, especially because you have bought it: 80% of our customers own a personal computer. Pfizer owns the exclusive right to market the drug within the US. |