minidorm
n.— «Now financial planners and accountants are recommending a wrinkle on the same idea—the minidorm. To use this tactic, says James Avedisian, a tax partner with accountants Coopers & Lybrand, “buy a house on campus for several kids to share and hire your own child as live-in rental manager.”» —“Minidorms Touted as Tactic To Cut the Costs of College” by Jill Bettner Wall Street Journal July 11, 1988. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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