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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024con•do•min•i•um /ˌkɑndəˈmɪniəm/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- an apartment house or other complex in which the units are individually owned, with each owner receiving a deed to the unit purchased, including the right to sell or mortgage that unit, and sharing in joint ownership of any common grounds, passageways, etc.
- a unit in such a building:They had a one-bedroom condominium in Florida.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•do•min•i•um (kon′də min′ē əm),USA pronunciation n. - an apartment house, office building, or other multiple-unit complex, the units of which are individually owned, each owner receiving a recordable deed to the individual unit purchased, including the right to sell, mortgage, etc., that unit and sharing in joint ownership of any common grounds, passageways, etc.
- a unit in such a building.
- Law[Internat. Law.]
- joint sovereignty over a territory by several states.
- the territory itself.
- joint or concurrent dominion.
- Neo-Latin. See con-, dominium
- 1705–15
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: condominium /ˌkɒndəˈmɪnɪəm/ n ( pl -ums)- joint rule or sovereignty
- a country ruled by two or more foreign powers
- US Canadian an apartment building in which each apartment is individually wholly owned and the common areas are jointly owned
Sometimes shortened to: condo
Etymology: 18th Century: from New Latin, from Latin com- together + dominium ownership; see dominion |