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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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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

Psychology student Sophia Bourne, 18, lives at home and says she is worried about saving enough to eventually move into student housing or a flat-share.

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2022

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

Andrew Mueller All-male flat-share sitcom from sketch troupe Pappy's, who tasted 2012 Edinburgh fringe glory with their Last Ever Show.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 23, 2013

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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