condominium

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con·do·min·i·um /ˌkɒndəˈmɪniəm $ ˌkɑːn-/ ●●○ noun [countable] especially American English  1. TBBone apartment in a building with several apartments, each of which is owned by the people living in it 公寓〔楼里的一套私有住宅〕2. TBBa building containing several of these apartments 公寓楼 → apartment block

Examples from the Corpus

condominium• This shift hurts affordability, Mikulecky noted, because single-family homes cost more than attached condominiums.• And a partnership he belongs to has sold some Orange County condominiums, according to sources.• And the site had already been approved for the previous developer to build 237 luxury condominiums.• He and his wife are eager to buy a car: the new condominium has its own car-port.• Time-share condominiums also are plentiful, but more about them later.• Some residents of Villa Aspara are unhappy that their developer went bankrupt and was unable to complete the condominiums, Gregory said.• He re-did the the condominium.• They rent out their condominium to skiers during the winter.From Longman Business Dictionarycondominiumcon‧do‧min‧i‧um /ˌkɒndəˈmɪniəmˌkɑːn-/ (also condo /ˈkɒndəʊˈkɑːndoʊ/) noun [countable] American EnglishPROPERTY an apartment in a building with several apartments, each of which is owned by the people living in it, or the apartment building itselfOrigin condominium (1700-1800) Modern Latin Latin com- ( → COM-) + dominium “area ruled”

con·do·min·i·um nounChineseSyllable  

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condominium
con‧do‧min‧i‧um /ˌkɒndəˈmɪniəm $ ˌkɑːn-/ noun [countable] especially American English1. one apartment in a building with several apartments, each of which is owned by the people living in it
2. a building containing several of these apartments ⇨ apartment block
     

THESAURUS

■ an apartment
   ▪ apartment especially American English, flat British English a set of rooms where someone lives that is part of a house or bigger building. In British English, people usually say flat. Apartment is used about large and expensive flats, or in advertisements: His apartment is on the eighth floor. | In London, I shared a flat with some other students.
   ▪ condominium (also condo informal) American English one apartment in a building with several apartments, owned by the people who live in them: a 10-unit condominium complex

con·do·min·iumBrE /ˌkɒndəˈmɪniəm/ 🔊NAmE /ˌkɑːndəˈmɪniəm/ 🔊 (also informal condo) noun (especially NAmE) an apartment building or group of houses in which each flat/apartment/house is owned by the person living in it but the shared areas are owned by everyone together; a flat/apartment/house in such a building or group of houses 公寓（套房私有，其他地方属业主共有）；公寓的套房；公寓的单元