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condominium

[kon-duh-min-ee-uh m]
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noun
  1. 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.
  2. a unit in such a building.
  3. International Law.
    1. joint sovereignty over a territory by several states.
    2. the territory itself.
  4. joint or concurrent dominion.
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Origin of condominium

1705–15; < New Latin. See con-, dominium
Related formsmin·i-con·do·min·i·um, noun
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Historical Examples

  • I also had the honour of making the acquaintance of the British judge and of most of the Condominium officials.

    Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific

    Felix Speiser

  • Vila is merely the administration centre, and consists of nothing but a few stores and the houses of the Condominium officials.

  • The most important point at starting was thought to be to get rid of the 'Condominium.'

British Dictionary definitions for condominium

condominium

noun plural -ums
  1. joint rule or sovereignty
  2. a country ruled by two or more foreign powers
  3. US and Canadian
    1. an apartment building in which each apartment is individually wholly owned and the common areas are jointly owned
    2. the title under which an apartment in such a building is owned
    Sometimes shortened to: condo Compare cooperative (def. 5)
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Word Origin

C18: from New Latin, from Latin com- together + dominium ownership; see dominion
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Word Origin and History for condominium

n.

c.1714, "joint rule or sovereignty," from Modern Latin condominium "joint sovereignty," apparently coined in German c.1700 from Latin com- "together" (see com-) + dominum "right of ownership" (see domain). A word in politics and international law until sense of "privately owned apartment" arose in American English 1962 as a special use of the legal term.

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