CONDOMINIUM


Meaning of CONDOMINIUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌkän-də-ˈmi-nē-əm ]

noun

( plural -iums also con·do·min·ia -nē-ə)

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin com- + dominium domain

Date: circa 1714

1.

a. : joint dominion ; especially : joint sovereignty by two or more nations

b. : a government operating under joint rule

2. : a politically dependent territory under condominium

3.

a. : individual ownership of a unit in a multiunit structure (as an apartment building) or on land owned in common (as a town house complex) ; also : a unit so owned

b. : a building containing condominiums

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.