con·do

[kon-doh]
noun, plural con·dos. Informal.
condominium ( defs 1, 2 ).

Origin:
1970–75, Americanism; by shortening; cf. -o

min·i-con·do, noun, plural min·i-con·dos.
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condo (ˈkɒndəʊ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -dos
a condominium building or apartment

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Condo is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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Word Origin & History

condo
1964, short for condominium.
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condo
condominium
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Example sentences
Condo lots are individual lots for each condominium.
It's interesting, because of the contrast of the coops and the condo buildings.
There's enough money hidden under my clothes to buy a two-bedroom condo.
And in a piece of bad news for the city's condo market, demand for
  single-family homes rose.
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