to be of no fixed abode
11abode — [[t]əbo͟ʊd[/t]] abodes 1) N COUNT: usu poss N Your abode is the place where you live. [FORMAL] I went round the streets and found his new abode. 2) PHRASE: oft of PHR If someone has no fixed abode, they are homeless. [LEGAL] In any local hospital …
12fixed — [[t]fɪ̱kst[/t]] ♦♦♦ 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n You use fixed to describe something which stays the same and does not or cannot vary. They issue a fixed number of shares that trade publicly. ...a world without fixed laws... Tickets will be printed with… …
13abode — a|bode1 [əˈbəud US əˈboud] n [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: abide] 1.) formal someone s home sometimes used humorously ▪ Welcome to my humble abode. ▪ a homeless person with no fixed abode (=no permanent home) 2.) right of abode law the right to live… …
14fixed — /fIkst/ adjective 1 firmly fastened to a particular position : be fixed to/in/on: The tables are fixed to the floor. 2 times, amounts, meanings etc that are fixed cannot be changed: The classes begin and end at fixed times. | fixed prices 3 have… …
15abode — UK [əˈbəʊd] / US [əˈboʊd] noun [countable] Word forms abode : singular abode plural abodes literary the place where you live • of no fixed abode …
16abode — 1 noun (C) formal or humorous someone s home: Welcome to my humble abode. | of no fixed abode (=having no permanent home) 2 the past tense of abide …
17abode — a|bode [ ə boud ] noun count FORMAL the place where you live: RESIDENCE of no fixed abode BRITISH LEGAL without a permanent home …
18abode — [əˈbəʊd] noun [C] literary the place where you live Syn: residence • of no fixed abode legal British without a permanent home[/ex] …
19abode — past and past part of abide Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. abode …
20fixed residence — index abode, home (domicile) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
