stewardship
pronunciation
How to pronounce stewardship in British English:
UK [ˈstju:ədʃɪp]
How to pronounce stewardship in American English:
US [ˈstuərdʃɪp]
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- Noun:
- the position of steward
Word Origin
- stewardship (n.)
- "position or responsibilities of a steward," mid-15c., from steward (n.) + -ship. Specific ecclesiastical sense of "responsible use of resources in the service of God" is from 1899.
Example
- 1. Most eu leaders praised sweden 's centre-right government for its competent stewardship .
- 2. Returned to the stewardship of the national side in 2007 having taken yokohama to two titles .
- 3. His stewardship of his various american sporting franchises , such as the denver nuggets basketball team , has been sober and strategic .
- 4. The chinese have long admired the economic dynamism of the us . But they have lost confidence in america 's government and its dysfunctional economic stewardship .
- 5. In fact , what 's happening both in america and in the eu at this point is raising the possibility that democratic governance may in some modern situations be inimical to competent economic stewardship .