apartment-sit en · VERB
Etymology
By analogy to babysit.
Meanings
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To live in and take care of someone's apartment while they are away.
Since he had a special kind of primrose that demanded constant watering, he asked his cousin to apartment-sit for him.
2002, Stanislaw Lem, Peace on Earth:I'll be able to apartment-sit during the day and dine in a distant province in the evening.
1981, Vincent McConnor, The Paris puzzle:Lauren and Ben Gruning apartment-sit a friend's condominium in San Francisco every year, and this arrangement provides them with a way to fulfill the requirement to leave Mexico every six months, since they do not have resident status.
1991, Allene Symons, Jane Parker, Adventures abroad: exploring the travel/retirement option, page 125:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| apartment-sat | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| apartment-sat | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| apartment-sitting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| apartment-sits | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |