asunto-osakeyhtiö
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]asunto + osakeyhtiö
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɑsuntoˌ(ʔ)osɑkeˣˌyhtiø/, [ˈɑ̝s̠un̪t̪o̞ˌ(ʔ)o̞s̠ɑ̝k̟e̞ˌ(ʔ)yçt̪iø̞]
- Rhymes: -yhtiø
- Hyphenation(key): asunto‧osake‧yhtiö
Noun
[edit]asunto-osakeyhtiö
- (law) A legal entity, peculiar to Finnish law, for ownership and management of a residential building in which real property is owned jointly by a limited liability corporation and the right to control and use each unit is tied to ownership of a particular set of shares; quite close to condominiums in the United States.
Usage notes
[edit]- asunto-osakeyhtiö is the official Finnish term for this concept. The official translation into English is "limited liability housing company". However, the term appears to be unknown in the English-speaking part of the world.
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]compounds
- asunto-osakeyhtiölaki (Limited Liability Housing Companies Act)
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “asunto-osakeyhtiö”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02