lodging-house
1Lodging house — Lodging Lodg ing, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, lodges. [1913 Webster] 2. A place of rest, or of temporary habitation; esp., a sleeping apartment; often in the plural with a singular meaning. Gower. [1913 Webster] Wits take lodgings in …
2lodging house — lodging houses N COUNT A lodging house is a house where people can rent rooms to live in or stay in. [mainly BRIT] (in AM, usually use rooming house) …
3lodging house — n BrE old fashioned a building where people can rent rooms to live or stay in = ↑boarding house …
4lodging house — lodging ,house noun count BRITISH a ROOMING HOUSE …
5lodging house — ► NOUN ▪ a private house providing rented accommodation …
6lodging house — n. ROOMING HOUSE …
7lodging house — index building (structure) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
8lodging house — noun a house where rooms are rented • Syn: ↑rooming house • Hypernyms: ↑house, ↑accommodation • Hyponyms: ↑flophouse, ↑dosshouse * * * noun, pl ⋯ houses [count] …
9lodging house — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms lodging house : singular lodging house plural lodging houses British a building with rooms for people to rent, usually for short periods only. The American word is rooming house …
10lodging house keeper's lien — The statutory lien of the keeper of a lodging house upon goods of a lodger brought upon the premises for the former s charges against the latter for the lodging and services appertaining to the lodging, the lien sometimes being extended by… …
