single room occupancy

sin·gle room oc·cu·pan·cy
UK/ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl ˌɹuːm ˈɒk.jə.pən.siː/US/ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl ˌɹum ˈɔk.jə.pən.si/US, cot caught merger/ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl ˌɹum ˈɑk.jə.pən.si/Canada, standard/ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl ˌɹum ˈɒk.jə.pən.si/

noun

A kind of an apartment with one room and without a bathroom or a kitchen.

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Meanings

nounsingle room occupancy (plural single room occupancies, abbreviation SRO)

plural single room occupancies · abbreviation SRO · alternative single-room occupancy

  1. CanadaUSA kind of an apartment with one room and without a bathroom or a kitchen.
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Chicago

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