apartment
noun/əˈpɑːrtmənt/
Слово англійською: apartment
Переклад apartment українською: кварти́ра, прибутко́вий буди́нок, куро́ртна кварти́ра
Детальний опис
- (abbreviation apt.)(especially North American English)(British English usually flat)a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a building
- an apartment building
- I was renting a two-bedroom apartment in an old building.
- A group of developers wants to build a high-rise apartment complex.
- I lived on the ground floor of an apartment block.
- They left their fourth-floor apartment on Mott Street and walked to the bus.
- a one-room apartment
- I moved into a lovely little studio apartment.
- He was evicted from his Manhattan apartment.
Collocations Moving houseMoving house Renting- live in a rented/(especially North American English) rental property
- rent/share/move into a furnished house/(British English) flat/(especially North American English) apartment
- rent a studio/(British English) a studio flat/(especially North American English) a studio apartment/(British English) a bedsit
- find/get a housemate/(British English) a flatmate/(North American English) a roommate
- sign/break the lease/rental agreement/contract
- extend/renew/terminate the lease/(British English) tenancy
- afford/pay the rent/the bills/(North American English) the utilities
- (especially British English) fall behind with/ (especially North American English) fall behind on the rent
- pay/lose/return a damage deposit/(North American English) security deposit
- give/receive a month’s/two-weeks’ notice to leave/vacate the property
- have a flat/an apartment/a room (British English) to let/(especially North American English) for rent
- rent (out)/lease (out)/ (British English) let (out)/sublet a flat/an apartment/a house/a property
- collect/increase/raise the rent
- evict the existing tenants
- attract/find new/prospective tenants
- invest in rental property/(British English) property to let/(British English) the buy-to-let market
- buy/acquire/purchase a house/(a) property/(especially North American English) (a piece of) prime real estate
- call/contact/use (British English) an estate agent/(North American English) a Realtor™/(North American English) a real estate agent/broker
- make/ (British English) put in an offer on a house
- put down/save for (British English) a deposit on a house
- make/put/save for (especially North American English) a down payment on a house/home
- apply for/arrange/take out a mortgage/home loan
- (struggle to) pay the mortgage
- make/meet/keep up/cover the monthly mortgage payments/(British English also) repayments
- (British English) repossess/ (especially North American English) foreclose on somebody’s home/house
- put your house/property on the market/up for sale/up for auction
- increase/lower your price/the asking price
- have/hold/hand over the deed/(especially British English) deeds of/to the house, land, etc.
- a set of rooms used for a holiday
- self-catering holiday apartments
- They are staying in a luxury apartment overlooking the beach.
- [usually plural] (British English) a room in a house, especially a large or famous house
- You can visit the whole palace except for the private apartments.
Word Originmid 17th cent. (denoting a private suite of rooms): from French appartement, from Italian appartamento, from appartare ‘to separate’, from a parte ‘apart’.