lodging-place

  • 21lodging — UK [ˈlɒdʒɪŋ] / US [ˈlɑdʒɪŋ] noun [uncountable] Word forms lodging : singular lodging plural lodgings a) a place that you pay to live in temporarily, for example when you are visiting an area board and lodging (= meals and a room): She did all the …

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  • 22lodging — [[t]lɒ̱ʤɪŋ[/t]] lodgings 1) N UNCOUNT: also N in pl If you are provided with lodging or lodgings, you are provided with a place to stay for a period of time. You can use lodgings to refer to one or more of these places. He was given free lodging… …

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  • 23lodging — n. 1 temporary accommodation (a lodging for the night). 2 (in pl.) a room or rooms (other than in a hotel) rented for lodging in. 3 a dwelling place. 4 (in pl.) the residence of a head of a college at Oxford. Phrases and idioms: lodging house a… …

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  • 24lodging — /loj ing/, n. 1. accommodation in a house, esp. in rooms for rent: to furnish board and lodging. 2. a temporary place to stay; temporary quarters. 3. lodgings, a. a room or rooms rented for residence in another s house. b. Brit. the rooms of a… …

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  • 25lodging — lodg|ing [ ladʒıŋ ] noun uncount a place that you pay to live in temporarily, for example when you are visiting an area: board and lodging (=meals and a room): She did all the housework in exchange for board and lodging. a. lodgings plural a room …

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  • 26lodging — 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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  • 27lodging — noun the lodging provided at the farm was charming Syn: accommodations, rooms, chambers, living quarters, place to stay, a roof over one s head, housing, shelter; informal digs, pad, nest; formal abode, residence, dwelling, dwelling place,… …

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  • 28place — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. lieu, spot, point; niche, nook, hole; premises, precinct, station; locality; somewhere, someplace, anyplace; situation. v. t. locate, identify; arrange; put, repose; employ, engage. See abode,… …

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  • 29lodging — 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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  • 30lodging — lodg|ing [ˈlɔdʒıŋ US ˈla: ] n 1.) [U] a place to stay ▪ It s £90 a week for board and lodging (=meals and a room) . 2.) [C usually plural] old fashioned a room in someone s house which you live in and pay rent for ▪ Paul found lodgings in the… …

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