efficiency apartment

noun

: a small usually furnished apartment with minimal kitchen and bath facilities

Examples of efficiency apartment in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Something like a small senior efficiency apartment would do. Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023 The second floor would have offices, including co-working space, and the third floor would have efficiency apartments. Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2023 The efficiency apartment may have once been used as a guesthouse. Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 2 June 2023 The beating and his drinking hastened his decline, leaving the chiseled champ who was once the toast of the gay clubs now living in a cluttered efficiency apartment on Long Island with his trophies and championship belts in storage bags. Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023 Production designer Matthew Flood Ferguson puts equal affection into studio backlots and low-rent efficiency apartments, and costume designers Lou Eyrich and Sarah Evelyn evoke period glamour for all occasions and finances. Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 For about five months, Green and her partner managed to cover the initial daily room rate of $44.99, which would add up to more than $1,300 a month — almost twice the fair-market rent of $717 for an efficiency apartment in Columbus, as calculated by HUD. New York Times, 20 May 2021 Project Neighbors had originally asked for $1 million for its 18-unit efficiency apartment building to address the needs of homeless men in Porter County, but offered to accept $700,000 instead. Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 19 Oct. 2022 His family lives with his cousin’s family — about 10 people total — all sharing an efficiency apartment that rents for $2,000 a month. María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of efficiency apartment was in 1930

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“Efficiency apartment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/efficiency%20apartment. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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