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condo

American  
[kon-doh] / ˈkɒn doʊ /

noun

Informal.
  • condos
    plural
  1. condominium.


condo British  
/ ˈkɒndəʊ /

noun

  1. a condominium building or apartment

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of condo

An Americanism first recorded in 1970–75; by shortening; cf. -o


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To apply for the abatement, apartment owners must certify to their building’s condo board or property manager that their units are their primary residence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Paxton purchased one condo at the resort in 2025 and three more in February.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

Wall Street values other REITs even less per condo unit.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

The current owners have secured city permission to build a 41-story apartment or condo tower on top of the Bloc’s original 12-story garage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

He was renting a town house in a luxury condo complex down by the Hudson River, just south of the George Washington Bridge, where Nicole and I ran and hiked.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

To qualify, prospective borrowers would need to buy a newly constructed home or a home that never has sold before, such as a commercial building that was converted into condos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Paxton’s report omitted listing as assets seven properties worth about $5.2 million collectively, including the Utah condos for which he did not disclose mortgages.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

There has been a sharp rise in HOA foreclosures on properties from suburban condos to luxury homes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

While condos have gotten cheaper, buyers can be surprised by rising HOA fees.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

There’s no pool in our backyard, just the one at the condos across the street that we used to sneak into when Doña Rosa loaned us her gate key.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

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