lodging (noun)

  • 1lodging — ► NOUN 1) a temporary place of residence. 2) (lodgings) a rented room or rooms, usually in the same residence as the owner …

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  • 2lodging house — noun a house where rooms are rented • Syn: ↑rooming house • Hypernyms: ↑house, ↑accommodation • Hyponyms: ↑flophouse, ↑dosshouse * * * noun, pl ⋯ houses [count] …

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  • 3lodging — UK US /ˈlɒdʒɪŋ/ noun [U] ► a place someone pays to stay in while they are away from home: »She was able to claim expenses for airfare, food, and lodging for three nights. → See also BOARD(Cf. ↑board) noun …

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  • 4lodging — noun Date: 14th century 1. a. a place to live ; dwelling b. lodgment 3b 2. a. (1) sleeping accommodations < found lodging in the barn > (2) a temporary place to stay < a …

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  • 5lodging — I noun abode, accommodation, address, apartment, asylum, berth, billet, chambers, deversorium, deverticulum, domicile, dormitory, dwelling, dwelling place, habitat, habitation, harbor, home, housing, inhabitance, inhabitancy, living place,&#8230; …

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  • 6lodging — noun (singular, uncountable) 1 a place to stay: board and lodging BrE: It s 70 a week for board and lodging. compare board 1 (9), room and board 2 lodgings plural a house where you pay rent to the owner so you can live in one of their rooms …

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  • 7lodging — noun a) A place to live or lodge. When I was a Cloister monk, I was once sent to on business of our Church; and coming home again, the dark night caught me at , and I had to beg a lodging there. b) sleeping accommodation. See Also: lodge …

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  • 8lodging house — lodging ,house noun count BRITISH a ROOMING HOUSE …

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  • 9lodging — early 14c., encampment; late 14c., temporary accommodation; place of residence, verbal noun from LODGE (Cf. lodge) (v.). Related: Lodgings …

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  • 10lodging — noun temporary accommodation: board and lodging. ↘(lodgings) a rented room or rooms, usually in the same residence as the owner …

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