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Definition of condominium noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

condominium

noun
 
/ˌkɒndəˈmɪniəm/
 
/ˌkɑːndəˈmɪniəm/
(also informal condo)
(especially North American English)
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  1. an apartment building or group of houses in which each apartment/house is owned by the person living in it but the shared areas are owned by everyone together; an apartment/a house in such a building or group of houses
    • We were staying in a condominium just off of the beach.
    • a new condominium complex in Long Beach
    • There are town house and condominium developments going up in town.
    Topics Houses and homesc2, Buildingsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • high-rise
    verb + condominium
    • buy
    • rent
    • stay in
    condominium + noun
    • building
    • complex
    • unit
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    Word Originearly 18th cent.: modern Latin, from con- ‘together with’ + dominium ‘right of ownership’, from dominus ‘lord, master’. The current sense dates from the 1960s.
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