possession

1. (sports) Control of the ball; the opportunity to be on the offensive.Examples: "The scoreboard shows a little football symbol next to the name of the team that has possession."; "Their first half was marred by the entire side playing too deep, completely unable to build up any form of decent possession once the ball left their bewildered defence."countableuncountable

2. (Australian rules football) A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.Examples: "2019 In the mix: Who's pushing for selection for round eight? Australian Football League, 7 May 2019. Accessed 7 May 2019. Defender Colin O'Riordan had 41 possessions in the NEAFL last week to continue his outstanding form, while Ryan Clarke had 47 in the Swans' big loss to Brisbane."countableuncountable

3. (linguistics) A syntactic relationship between two nouns or nominals that may be used to indicate ownership.Examples: "Some languages distinguish between a construction like 'my car', which shows alienable possession — the car could become someone else's — and one like 'my foot', which has inalienable possession — my foot will always be mine."countableuncountable