efficiency apartment

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noun

a small apartment consisting typically of a combined living room and bedroom area, a bathroom, and a kitchenette.

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Also called efficiency.

Origin of efficiency apartment

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby efficiency apartment

Effexor, efficacious, efficacity, efficacy, efficiency, efficiency apartment, efficiency expert, efficient, efficient cause, efficiently, Effie

How to use efficiency apartment in a sentence

And increasingly smart navigation aids in the cockpit brought far greater precision and efficiency to route planning.
Flight 8501 Poses Question: Are Modern Jets Too Automated to Fly?|Clive Irving|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He was born in an apartment above the grocery store owned by his immigrant parents in South Jamaica, Queens.
Mario Cuomo, a Frustrating Hero to Democrats, Is Dead at 82|Eleanor Clift|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“Bodegas, private residences, apartment buildings, you name it,” the investigator says.
Exclusive: Inside a Cop-Killer’s Final Hours|Michael Daly|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At 24, I slipped on the ice outside of my Michigan apartment.
You’re Never ‘Cured’ of an Eating Disorder|Carrie Arnold|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Magazines are the only thing in my apartment that qualify as clutter.
I’m a Digital Hoarder|Lizzie Crocker|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Can there be any comparison between the educational efficiency of the two methods?
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
An estimation of the solids, therefore, furnishes an important clue to the functional efficiency of the kidneys.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Is the college stage of our present educational system anywhere near its maximum possible efficiency?
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
To the invitation to precede him she readily responded, and, with a bow to the Seneschal, she began to walk across the apartment.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
The others stood silent till they heard the outer door of the apartment close behind him.
Confidence|Henry James

British Dictionary definitions for efficiency apartment

efficiency apartment

noun

US a small flat or bedsit

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