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lodg·ing

 (lŏj′ĭng)
n.
1. A place to live: found lodging near her new job.
2. often lodgings Sleeping accommodations: We found the lodgings on the tour rather primitive.
3. lodgings Furnished rooms in another's house rented for accommodation.
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lodging

(ˈlɒdʒɪŋ)
n
1. a temporary residence
2. (sometimes plural) sleeping accommodation
3. (sometimes plural) (at Oxford University) the residence of the head of a college
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lodg•ing

(ˈlɒdʒ ɪŋ)

n.
1. accommodation in a house, esp. in rooms for rent: to furnish board and lodging.
2. a temporary place to stay.
3. lodgings, a room or rooms rented for residence in another's house.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.lodging - structures collectively in which people are housedlodging - structures collectively in which people are housed
apartment, flat - a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
billet - lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home)
block - housing in a large building that is divided into separate units; "there is a block of classrooms in the west wing"
camp - temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers; "level ground is best for parking and camp areas"
condominium - housing consisting of a complex of dwelling units (as an apartment house) in which each unit is individually owned
dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home, abode, domicile - housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"
hospice - a lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic order)
student lodging, youth hostel, hostel - inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips)
living quarters, quarters - housing available for people to live in; "he found quarters for his family"; "I visited his bachelor quarters"
manufactured home, mobile home - a large house trailer that can be connected to utilities and can be parked in one place and used as permanent housing
pied-a-terre - lodging for occasional or secondary use; "they bought a pied-a-terre in London"
quartering - living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel)
rattrap - filthy run-down dilapidated housing
shelter - temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons
structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
tract housing - housing consisting of similar houses constructed together on a tract of land
2.lodging - the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily; "the lodgment of the balloon in the tree"
fixity, fastness, fixedness, secureness, fixture - the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
3.lodging - the act of lodging
residency, abidance, residence - the act of dwelling in a place
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lodging

noun (often plural) accommodation, rooms, boarding, apartments, quarters, digs (Brit. informal), shelter, residence, dwelling, abode, habitation He was given free meals and lodgings.
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lodging

noun
1. Dwellings in general:
Idiom: a roof over one's head.
2. A building or shelter where one lives.Often used in plural:
Chiefly British: dig (used in plural).
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Translations
مأوى، سَكَنمَساكِن مَفْروشَه مُسْتأجَرَه
podnájemubytování
lejet boliglejet værelselogi
kivett lakás
húsnæîileiguherbergi
podnájom
pansiyon odasıyatacak/kalacak yer

lodging

[ˈlɒdʒɪŋ]
A. Nalojamiento m, hospedaje m
they gave me a night's lodgingme dieron alojamiento lodgingsalojamiento msing
to look for lodgingsbuscar alojamiento
we took lodgings with Mrs Pnos hospedamos en casa de la Sra. P
are they good lodgings?¿es buena la pensión?
B. CPD lodging house Npensión f, casa f de huéspedes
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lodging

[ˈlɒdʒɪŋ] n (= accommodation) → logement m
He will find you a night's lodging → Il vous trouvera un logement pour la nuit.
He was given free lodging
BUT Il était logé gratuitement.
board and lodging → le gîte et le couvert
He offered to pay Peter's board and lodging out of his own pocket → Il offrit de payer de sa poche le gîte et le couvert pour Peter.lodging house n (British)pension f de famille
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lodging

n
Unterkunft f; they gave me a night’s lodgingsie gaben mir Unterkunft or ein Zimmer für die Nacht
lodgings plein möbliertes Zimmer, möblierte Zimmer pl; where are your lodgings?wo wohnen Sie?; we took lodgings with Mrs Bwir mieteten uns bei Frau B ein
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lodging

[ˈlɒdʒɪŋ] n (accommodation) → alloggio
see also board
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lodge

(lodʒ) noun
1. a small house, especially one at a gate to the grounds of a large house.
2. a room at a college gate etc for an attendant. the porter's lodge.
verb
1. to live in rooms for which one pays, in someone else's house. He lodges with the Smiths.
2. to make or become fixed. The bullet was lodged in his spine.
3. to make (an objection, an appeal etc) formally or officially.
ˈlodger noun
a person who lives in a room or rooms, for which he pays, in someone else's house. She rented a room to a lodger.
ˈlodging
1. (often in plural) a room or rooms hired in someone else's house. She lives in lodgings.
2. a place to stay. He paid the landlady for board and lodging.
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