n.
1.the act of having and controlling property
2.anything owned or possessed
3.being controlled by passion or the supernatural
4.a mania restricted to one thing or idea
5.a territory that is controllled by a ruling state
6.the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior
7.(sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck)
Idiom of the Day
straighten out (someone or something) or straighten (someone or something) out
to cause someone's bad behavior to improve, to organize or fix something that is in confusion or disorder
I went to the bank to straighten out the problem with my credit card.