accessory apartment

noun

US
: a rental unit that is located on the lot of or within a single-family owner-occupied home
In 1991, the town moved away from an almost exclusive reliance on single-family homes and passed a law that began a process of legalizing some of Huntington's thousands of illegal accessory apartments.Newsday, 14 Sept. 2010

Word History

First Known Use

1973, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of accessory apartment was in 1973

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“Accessory apartment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accessory%20apartment. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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