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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
condominium
con·do·min·ium [condominium condominiums] BrE [ˌkɒndəˈmɪniəm] NAmE [ˌkɑːndəˈmɪniəm] (also informal condo) noun (especially NAmE) an apartment building or group of houses in which each flat/apartment/house is owned by the person living in it but the shared areas are owned by everyone together; a flat/apartment/house in such a building or group of houses See also: ↑condo Word Origin: early 18th cent.: modern Latin, from con- ‘together with’ + dominium ‘right of ownership’, from dominus ‘lord, master’. The current sense dates from the 1960s. Example Bank: •We were staying in a condominium just off of the beach. •a new condominium complex in Long Beach •There are town house and condominium developments going up in town.
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