NEIGHBOURHOOD

UK and ANZ, [US and ANZ] neighborhood [noun] [C]A neighbourhood is the area of a town that surrounds someone's home, or the people who live in this area.This part of the town is quite poor. The wealthy neighbourhood is near the river.She's well-known in the neighbourhood for her charity work.I wouldn't like to live in the neighbourhood of (= in the area around) an airport.(figurative) We're hoping to get something in the neighbourhood of (= approximately) £70 000 for our house.Neighbourhood watch is a way of reducing crime by organizing the people who live in an area to watch each other's property and tell the police about possible criminals.Burglaries in our area have fallen by 50% since the neighbourhood watch scheme was introduced.