airbnb
/ˌɛəɹˌbiːɛnˈbiː/
airbnb is the alternative form of Airbnb.
Proper noun capitalized: Airbnb
Airbnb
- An online vacation rental marketplace, operated by Airbnb, Inc.
Noun (1) capitalized: Airbnb
Airbnb (countable and uncountable, plural Airbnbs)
- The system of renting out apartments by means of an intermediary website, popularized by the company of the same name.
- It's more of an Airbnb model than a proper let.2019, Jane Linfoot, A Cosy Christmas in Cornwall
- Congratulations, you're fully qualified to be part of the Airbnb revolution! Whether you're looking to start hosting your property or want to grow your existing reputation and profits, this is the perfect destination for you.2020, Symon He, James Svetec, Airbnb For Dummies
- An apartment offered for renting by means of this system.
- I am staying at an Airbnb for the summer.
- The thought of turning it into an Airbnb had crossed my mind – albeit only fleetingly.2019, Maxine Morrey, Coming Home to Wishington Bay
Verb capitalized: Airbnb
Airbnb (third-person singular simple present Airbnbs or Airbnb's, present participle Airbnbing or Airbnb'ing, simple past and past participle Airbnbed or Airbnb'd or Airbnb'ed)
- To rent (an apartment) by Airbnb or similar means, whether as a lessor or a lessee.
- Jamie Wong […] told me: “I moved out of my apartment in central San Francisco, rented a cheaper annex in a friend’s home, and ‘airbnb-ed’ my apartment for $200 a night and earned about $20,000 in a year. It enabled me to bootstrap my start-up. Airbnb was our first round of funding!”2013 July 20, Thomas L. Friedman, “Welcome to the ‘Sharing Economy’”, in The New York Times
- "In neighborhoods like the Mission, which has become ground zero for displacement, you see that as high as 40 percent of the housing stock that could be rented is being Airbnb'ed," said Supervisor David Campos in an interview.2015 May 16, Biz Carson, “The fight between Airbnb and San Francisco just got nastier”, in Business Insider
- To pursue this activity by Airbnb or similar means, whether as a lessor or a lessee.
- Somehow, we imagine, Mariah Carey’s Airbnb experience is going to be slightly different. Carey is, per Page Six, going to be renting a $10,000-per-night property on Malibu’s “Billionaires’ Beach,” […] Page Six says that she will be Airbnb-ing at least until the end of August, when she leaves for a...2015 July 30, Josh Duboff, “Mariah Carey Is Renting an Airbnb for $10,000 a Night”, in Vanity Fair
- After his lawyer friend forced him to stop hosting, he bought his own home in the area. He was renovating it to turn it into the perfect upscale listing. […] By coincidence, Mark's neighbor was also Airbnb-ing, charging $550 a night for a nearly identical place. Mark was expecting to earn at least...2020, Juliet B. Schor, After the Gig: How the Sharing Economy Got Hijacked and How to Win It Back, Oakland, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 121
Noun (2) capitalized: AirBnB
AirBnB (countable and uncountable, plural AirBnBs)
- Alternative form of Airbnb.
Forms of airbnb
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | airbnbs |
| plural | Airbnbs |
| plural | AirBnBs |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | airbnb |
| alternative form | AirBnB |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | Airbnbs |
| third-person singular present | Airbnb's |
| present participle | Airbnbing |
| present participle | Airbnb'ing |
| past participle | Airbnbed |
| past | Airbnbed |
| past participle | Airbnb'd |
| past | Airbnb'd |
| past participle | Airbnb'ed |
| past | Airbnb'ed |
Origin of airbnb
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”).
Words that rhyme with airbnb
Questions about airbnb
- What does airbnb mean?
- Airbnb means an online vacation rental marketplace, operated by Airbnb, Inc.
- What is airbnb the alternative form of?
- Airbnb is the alternative form of Airbnb.
- What part of speech is airbnb?
- Airbnb can be a proper noun, a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce airbnb?
- Airbnb is pronounced /ˌɛəɹˌbiːɛnˈbiː/.
Words near airbnb in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: airbnb (page history and authors); Airbnb (page history and authors); AirBnB (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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