basement apartment

collocation in English

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basement
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbeɪs.mənt/us
/ˈbeɪs.mənt/
a part of a building consisting of rooms that are partly or completely below the level of ...
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apartment
noun
uk
/əˈpɑːt.mənt/us
/əˈpɑːrt.mənt/
mainly US
a set of rooms for living in, especially on one floor of ...
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(Definition ofbasementandapartmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They shared theirbasementapartmentwith another family.
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Owning a home with abasementapartmentcan be an investment.
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Abasementapartmentis believed to have been occupied by the owner.
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The remaining apartments consist of two-bedroom apartments; there is one three-bedroombasementapartment.
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Hoppus and his girlfriend at this time lived in abasementapartment, barely scraping together funds to pay rent.
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Until the 1970s, there was abasementapartmentfor the courthouse custodian, who maintained the building, stoked the boiler, and cooked for prisoners housed in the county jail.
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Floyd and the tenant went to thebasementapartmentdoor and started trying the various keys.
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More and more people tried to fit into converted kitchenette and basement apartments.
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Basement apartments were numerous and inexpensive, and groups of people or families often lived together in the small rooms.
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Rent in basement apartments is usually much lower than it is in above-ground units, due to a number of deficiencies common to basement apartments.
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Homeowners will typically rent out basement apartments to tenants as a way to earn additional income so as to offset living expenses.
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A number of noted artistic achievements have occurred in basement apartments occupied by struggling authors, painters, and musicians.
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