Слово англійською: flat

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Переклад flat українською: кварти́ра, однокімна́тна кварти́ра

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flat

noun
/flæt/

    rooms

  1. [countable] (British English)
    (also apartment especially in North American English)
    a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a building
    • They're renting a furnished flat on the third floor.
    • to buy/sell a flat
    • in a flat Do you live in a flat or a house?
    • a basement/ground-floor/top-floor flat
    • a two-bedroom flat
    • The park was surrounded by high-rise flats and office blocks.
    • a new block of flats
    • Many large old houses have been converted into flats.
    • Children from the flats (= the block of flats) across the street were playing outside.
    see also council flat, granny flat
    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
    Being a landlord
    • 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
    Buying
    • 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
    Selling
    • 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.
  2. level part

  3. [singular] the flat of something the flat level part of something
    • He beat on the door with the flat of his hand.
    • the flat of a sword
  4. land

  5. [countable, usually plural] an area of low flat land, especially near water
    • salt flats
    • These birds live on the coastal flats.
    • mud and sand flats rich in animal life
    see also mudflat
  6. horse racing

  7. the flat, the Flat
    [singular] (British English) the season for racing horses on flat ground with no jumps
  8. in music

  9. [countable] a note played a semitone lower than the note that is named. The written symbol is (♭).
    • There are no sharps or flats in the key of C major.
    opposite sharp compare natural
  10. tyre

  11. [countable] (especially North American English) a tyre that has lost air, usually because of a hole
    • We got a flat on the way home.
    • We had to stop to fix a flat.
  12. in theatre

  13. [countable] (specialist) a vertical section of scenery used on a theatre stage
  14. shoes

  15. flats
    (also flatties)
    [plural] (informal) shoes with a very low heel
    • a pair of flats
  16. Word Originnoun senses 2 to 8 Middle English: from Old Norse flatr. noun sense 1 early 19th cent. (denoting a floor or storey): alteration of obsolete flet ‘floor, dwelling’, of Germanic origin and related to flat ‘level’.
Idioms
on the flat
  1. (British English) on level ground, without hills or jumps (= for example in horse racing)
    • Overtaking the next cyclist on an Alpine climb is ten times harder than on the flat.
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