Condominium meaning

kŏn'də-mĭn'ē-əm
A building or complex in which units of property, such as apartments, are owned by individuals and common parts of the property, such as the grounds and building structure, are owned jointly by the unit owners.
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A unit in such a complex.
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Joint sovereignty, especially joint rule of territory by two or more nations, or a plan to achieve it.
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A politically dependent territory.
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Joint rule by two or more states.
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The territory so ruled.
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A form of real property ownership in which the purchaser of each unit of an apartment building or in a complex of multiunit dwellings acquires full title to the unit and an undivided interest in the common elements (the land, roof, elevator, etc.)
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Such a unit, or such a building or complex.
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An individual residential or commercial unit in a multi-unit building wherein each unit’s owner also owns the common areas, such as the hallways and elevators, as a tenant in common with the other units’ owners. See also cooperative.
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Joint sovereignty over a territory. [from 18th c.]
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A region or territory under such rule.
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(US, Canada) A building in which each unit is owned by an individual but the grounds, structure etc is owned jointly. [from 20th c.]
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(US, Canada) A unit or apartment in such a complex.
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The legal tenure involved.
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Origin of condominium

con- Latin dominium dominion, ownership domain

Sentence Examples

  • After his reinstatement the AngloEgyptian condominium worked without serious friction.

  • in Egypt and the permanent establishment of an Anglo-French condominium to the detriment of Italian influence.

  • He shared with Robert Guiscard the conquest of Calabria, and in a treaty of 1062 the brothers in dividing the conquest apparently made a kind of "condominium" by which either was to have half of every castle and town in Calabria.'

  • In what follows the term Sudan is used to indicate the Anglo-Egyptian condominium only.

  • Since the establishment of the AngloEgyptian condominium (1899) the country has been thoroughly surveyed.

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