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co-op

[koh-op, koh-op, koh-op] / ˈkoʊ ɒp, ˈkoʊ ɒp, koʊˈɒp /


NOUN
apartment building
Synonyms
STRONGEST
apartment block apartment complex apartment house apartments flats multi-dwelling unit tenement
STRONG
WEAK
NOUN
collective farm
Synonyms


NOUN
condominium
Synonyms
NOUN
cooperative apartment
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I earn $100,000 and I’m currently shouldering the mortgage, maintenance — specific to a co-op — and normal kid expenses.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 9, 2026

“Our whole system got at least an inch of ice,” said Keith Hayward, chief executive officer and general manager for the co-op.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

Or made by the woman in your apartment building who has both a co-op volunteering shift and a single, long gray braid.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026

His co-op, which imports coffee from more than a dozen countries, has already paid roughly $1.3m in tariffs since April.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2025

It had been built in the 1950s and was designed as a co-op, meant to ease a post-World War II housing shortage for black working-class families.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama