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lodging

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lodg·ing  (ljng)
n.
1. A place to live: found lodging near her new job.
2. Sleeping accommodations. Often used in the plural: We found the lodgings on the tour rather primitive.
3. lodgings Furnished rooms in another's house rented for accommodation.

lodging
Noun
1. a temporary residence: where might I find a night's lodging?
2. lodgings a rented room or rooms in another person's home
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.lodginglodging - 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

lodging
noun (often plural) accommodation, rooms, boarding, apartments, quarters, digs Brit. (informal) shelter, residence, dwelling, abode, habitation, bachelor apartment Canad.
Translations
French lodging [ˈlɔdʒɪŋ] nlogement m see also board
German lodging [ˈlɔdʒɪŋ] lodge nUnterkunft f
Italian lodging [ˈlɔdʒɪŋ] nalloggio see also board see also lodgings

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"Don't jump to conclusions," the other said; "we are out of the wet and provided with board and lodging.
Being buttoned up in a tightish blue surtout, with a buff waistcoat and gray trousers, he had something of a military air, but he announced himself at the Crozier (the orthodox hotel, where he put up with a portmanteau) as an idle dog who lived upon his means; and he farther announced that he had a mind to take a lodging in the picturesque old city for a month or two, with a view of settling down there altogether.
As he was roaming about, a Satyr came up to him, and finding that he had lost his way, promised to give him a lodging for the night, and guide him out of the forest in the morning.
 
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