condominium
noun
con·do·min·i·um
ˌkän-də-ˈmi-nē-əm 
plural condominiums also condominia
ˌkän-də-ˈmi-nē-ə
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 (such as an apartment building) or on land owned in common (such as a town house complex)
also
: a unit so owned
b
: a building containing condominiums
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Bosa Development cited potentially higher returns in shifting its planned 40-story apartment building downtown into a 389-unit condominium tower.
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Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2024
The listing price is $550,000 higher than the median sales price for luxury condominiums in San Francisco.
—David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 27 Mar. 2024
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Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2024
The listing price is $550,000 higher than the median sales price for luxury condominiums in San Francisco.
—David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 27 Mar. 2024
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condominium
noun
con·do·min·i·um
ˌkän-də-ˈmin-ē-əm
: an individually owned unit in a structure (as an apartment building) with many units
Legal Definition
condominium
noun
con·do·min·i·um
ˌkän-də-ˈmi-nē-əm
plural condominiums
1
: ownership of real property that is characterized by separate ownership of portions of the property (as units in an apartment building) and undivided or joint ownership of the remainder (as the common areas of an apartment building)
the conversion of real property to the condominium form of ownership—Troy Ltd. v. Renna, 727 F.2d 287 (1984)
compare cooperative
Troy Ltd. v. Renna, 727 F.2d 287 (1984)2
: real property (as an apartment or building) having condominium ownership
a two-bedroom condominium
Etymology
New Latin, joint dominion, from Latin com- with, together + dominium rule, ownership
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