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flat-share

British  

noun

  1. the state of living in a flat where each occupant shares the facilities and expenses

"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

verb

  1. (intr) to live in a flat with other people who are not relatives

"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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"The amount you get per stream is piteous, so it's more likely you're going to be in a flat-share with five other people in East London."

From BBC Mar. 19, 2024

She says her generation is particularly vulnerable to the "massive loophole" in the rent cap because young people "have no other choice but to flat-share" due to increasing costs.

From BBC Oct. 8, 2023

I didn’t think about him in that way at first, when I moved into the flat-share a few weeks back.

From The Guardian Apr. 12, 2020

In a flat-share or house-share, everyone is nominally equal - a tenant - and the landlord is not usually much of a presence.

From BBC Dec. 7, 2015

All the while, however, her interest in film was growing, thanks largely to a flat-share with a woman who was on the university's film programme.

From The Guardian Oct. 2, 2010

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