Meaning of LODGING
| Pronunciation: | | 'lâjing
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- [n] the act of lodging
- [n] housing structures collectively; structures in which people are housed
- [n] the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily; "the lodgment of the balloon in the tree"
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| | Synonyms: | | housing, living accommodations, lodgement, lodgment |
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| | See Also: | | abidance, abode, apartment, billet, block, camp, condominium, construction, domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, fastness, fixedness, fixity, fixture, flat, habitation, home, hospice, hostel, living quarters, pied-a-terre, quartering, quarters, rattrap, residence, residency, secureness, structure, student lodging, youth hostel | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Lodg"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, lodges.
2. A place of rest, or of temporary habitation; esp., a
sleeping apartment; -- often in the plural with a singular
meaning. --Gower.
Wits take lodgings in the sound of Bow. --Pope.
3. Abiding place; harbor; cover.
Fair bosom . . . the lodging of delight. --Spenser.
{Lodging house}, a house where lodgings are provided and let.
{Lodging room}, a room in which a person lodges, esp. a hired
room.
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| | Related Terms: | | abiding, abiding place, abode, accommodations, address, apartment, assembly-line housing, berth, billeting, cantonment, cohabitation, commorancy, commorant, crash pad, crib, diggings, digs, domicile, domiciliation, domus, doss, dwelling, dwelling place, habitancy, habitation, hospitality, house, housing, housing bill, housing development, housing problem, in residence, inhabitancy, inhabitation, inhabiting, living, living in, living quarters, lodging place, lodgings, lodgment, lower-income housing, nest, nesting, occupancy, occupation, pad, place, place to live, quartering, quarters, remaining, residence, residency, resident, residentiary, residing, roof, room, rooms, roost, seat, shelter, sleeping place, slum clearance, sojourning, squatting, staying, staying over, stopping, subdivision, tenancy, tenement, tract, transient lodging, urban renewal |
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