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Au Pair

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Noun

1. au pair

a young foreigner who lives with a family in return for doing light housework

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Au Pair

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noun
1. 
a. 
a young foreigner, usually a girl, who undertakes housework in exchange for board and lodging, esp in order to learn the language
b. 
(as modifier)
an au pair girl
2. 
a young person who lives temporarily with a family abroad in exchange for a reciprocal arrangement with his or her own family
verb
3. (intransitive)
to work as an au pair
adverb
4. 
as an au pair
she worked au pair in Greece

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Au Pair

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a young person from another country, typically a young woman, who agrees to live with a family and help with child-care duties, housework, etc. in exchange for room and board

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Au Pair

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n.
A young foreigner who provides childcare for a family in exchange for room and board, often a small stipend, and the opportunity to study.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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