Airbnb.
An online vacation rental marketplace, operated by Airbnb, Inc.
Meaning & usage
An online vacation rental marketplace, operated by Airbnb, Inc.
Where this word comes from
Shortening of the company's former name AirBed & Breakfast, coined by co-founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia in 2007, who originally came up with the idea of putting an air mattress in their living room and turning it into a bed and breakfast. Equivalent to air + B&B (“bed and breakfast”).
The system of renting out apartments by means of an intermediary website, popularized by the company of the same name.
An apartment offered for renting by means of this system.
I am staying at an Airbnb for the summer.
Where this word comes from
Shortening of the company's former name AirBed & Breakfast, coined by co-founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia in 2007, who originally came up with the idea of putting an air mattress in their living room and turning it into a bed and breakfast. Equivalent to air + B&B (“bed and breakfast”).
To rent (an apartment) by Airbnb or similar means, whether as a lessor or a lessee.
To pursue this activity by Airbnb or similar means, whether as a lessor or a lessee.
Where this word comes from
Shortening of the company's former name AirBed & Breakfast, coined by co-founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia in 2007, who originally came up with the idea of putting an air mattress in their living room and turning it into a bed and breakfast. Equivalent to air + B&B (“bed and breakfast”).
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