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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary con·do·min·i·um 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 English Etymology condominium c.1714, from Mod.L., "joint sovereignty," apparently coined in Ger.c.1700 from com- "together" + dominum "right of ownership" (see domain). A word in politics and international law until sense of "privately owned apartment" arose in Amer.Eng. 1962 as a special use of the legal term. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 condominium con·do·min·ium / 7kCndE5miniEm; NAmE 7kB:n- / (also informal condo) noun (especially NAmE) an apartment building in which each flat / apartment is owned by the person living in it but the building and shared areas are owned by everyone together; a flat / apartment in such a building 公寓(套房私有,其他地方属业主共有)；一套公寓住房；公寓的单元 OLT condominium noun ⇨ flat Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged con·do·min·i·um \ˌkāndəˈminēəm\ noun (-s) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin com- + dominium : joint dominion or sovereignty: a. Roman law : common ownership by two or more persons holding undivided fractional shares in the same property and having the right to alienate their shares resembling tenancy in common in Anglo-American law rather than joint tenancy with its rights of survivorship b. : joint sovereignty or rule by two or more states over a colony or politically dependent territory < the former Anglo-Egyptian condominium over Sudan > also : the territory so ruled c. (1) : individual ownership of a unit in a multi-unit structure (as an apartment building) (2) : a unit so owned (3) : a building containing condominiums |
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