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microapartment

noun

Etymology

From micro- + apartment.

  1. derived from apartamiento — “separation, seclusion”
  2. derived from appartamento
  3. borrowed from appartement
  4. prefixed as microapartment — “micro + apartment”

Definitions

  1. A small, affordable apartment.

    • While there’s no reliable data on micro-housing, some notable policies and projects are popping up on that front too. Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg waived the city’s zoning standards to allow micro-apartments.
    • Another big player in this sector is the London-based developer Inspired Asset Management, which has created hundreds of “micro-apartments”, many of them located in Croydon, south London.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA