| agency |
An agency is a company or group that helps people do things, especially things that can be difficult to do just by themselves. Agencies do things like help people find a job or help people find an apartment or buy a house. Some agencies help companies find employees to work for them. Some agencies do a special kind of work that customers don't have the skill to do themselves. [1/2 definitions] |
| apartment |
An apartment is one or more rooms that people live in. A building can have two or more apartments in it. |
| apartment building |
An apartment building is a place that has apartments where different people live. Many families, couples, and single people can live in one apartment building. An apartment building often has many floors with different apartments on each floor. |
| apt. |
abbreviation of "apartment." |
| condominium |
an apartment building in which each apartment is owned by the persons living in it. Each of these apartments is also called a condominium. |
| flat2 |
a British word for a group of connected rooms on one floor used as a place to live. "Flat" usually has the same meaning as "apartment." |
| furniture |
When we talk about furniture, we are talking about things like beds, tables, and chairs. Things that are furniture are big but can be moved around in your house or apartment. |
| home |
the house, apartment, or other building in which a person lives. [1/9 definitions] |
| landlord |
A landlord is a man or woman who owns a house, apartment, or other property and rents it to other people. |
| laundry room |
A laundry room is a place where people wash clothes and other things like sheets and towels. A laundry room has at least one washing machine and usually a dryer. An apartment building often has a laundry room with a number of different washing machines and dryers. |
| mailbox |
A mailbox is a container used for holding mail. It is where people can pick up the mail that has been delivered to them. Sometimes a mailbox is outside someone's house or apartment building sitting on top of a post. In some apartment buildings, people's mailboxes are sections of a larger container built into a wall. In many places, people can use their mailboxes to send things to other people, but in some places, like large cities, the boxes are only used for deliveries. [1/2 definitions] |
| master bedroom |
A bedroom is a room where people sleep. The "master bedroom" in a house or apartment is what we call the bedroom that is the largest one, if there are two or more bedrooms. Usually, the master bedroom is for adults, not children. |
| next door |
in, at, or to the building, house, or apartment that is next to one's own. |
| next-door |
in or at the closest building, house, or apartment. |
| number |
Something that uses numbers to name or identify something is also called a number. Your house or apartment number is like a name for the exact place where you live. [1/8 definitions] |
| penthouse |
an apartment or house built on the top floor or roof of a tall building. |
| percent |
When we talk about "percent," we are talking about a certain part, or fraction, of something, just like when we talk about 1/2 or 2/3 or 3/4 of something. But when we talk about "percent," the bottom number of the fraction is always 100. For example, if we talk about fifty percent of something, we are talking about the fraction 50/100. If we talk about twenty percent of something, we are talking about the fraction 20/100. Let's say that fifty percent (50/100) of the people in your apartment building have pets and 200 people live in your building. This means that 100 of these two hundred people have pets. That's half of them. |
| project |
A housing project is a large group of apartment buildings or other homes that have been built with money from the government. The rent that people pay to live there is low compared with other places. [1/6 definitions] |
| rent1 |
Rent is money that people pay to live in a house or apartment that they don't own. [2/3 definitions] |
| rental |
an apartment or commercial property available for rent. |
| ring2 |
When you ring a doorbell, you press a button on it and it makes a sound inside a house or apartment. A doorbell is a small device, usually electrical nowadays, that creates a noise so that people know someone is at their door. [1/8 definitions] |