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   au pair

   /ˌəʊ ˈpɛː/

   noun

   • 1. a young foreign person, typically a woman, who helps with housework or childcare in exchange for food, a room, and some pocket money: "an au pair agency"

   Word Origin late 19th century: from French, literally ‘on equal terms’. The phrase was originally adjectival, describing an arrangement between two parties paid for by the exchange of mutual services; the noun usage dates from the 1960s.

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