lodging Definition
lodg·ing (-iŋ)
noun
- the act of one that lodges
- a place to live in, esp. temporarily; quarters
- a room or rooms rented in a private home
Etymology: ME loggyng: see lodge,
lodging Synonyms
lodging
n.
Personal accommodation
harbor, asylum, pied-á-terre (French), port, protection, cover, roof over one's head; see also refuge 1, shelter.A temporary living place; usually plural
inn, tourist camp, lodging place, lodgment, address, chambers, domicile, residence, habitation, apartment, home, room, tourist court; see also hotel, lodge, motel, resort 2.
lodging Usage Examples
Converse of object
- find: You will find lodgings to suit a range of budgets.
- arrange: The group runs health clinics and religious courts, and arranges lodging for Shiite refugees from Sunni-dominated parts of the country.
- let: Anyway, she took a house just two streets off and let lodgings to sailors.
- obtain: It was difficult to obtain lodgings or food, and there were sometimes unpleasantly hostile demonstrations on account of these suspicions.
Adjective modifier
- furnished: How can young men be expected to stay at home in such furnished lodgings?
- comfortable: They were soon settled in comfortable lodgings in Pulteney Street.
- royal: New royal lodgings were included in the upper part of St Thomas's Tower.
- temporary: They have the most fabulous homes for rent durin term temporary lodging for this event.
- affordable: With a great choice of accommodations on offer too, you can enjoy a warm and welcoming stay in comfortable and affordable lodgings.
- cheap: He stayed in cheap lodgings in working class areas of Camden: his longest stay was around 10 years at 57 Camden Square.
Modifies a noun
- house: Susan Shaw ran the lodging house with her husband.
- allowance: To link subsistence ( lodging allowance ) to the annual pay negotiations.
- expense: Students are expected to pay their share of all transport and board and lodging expenses on their field classes.
- resistance: There now exists within the low biomass sector varieties with both excellent stem stiffness and lodging resistance.
- accommodation: The University Accommodation Office has some addresses of lodgings accommodation.
Noun used with modifier
hotel: Superb hotel lodging with reservations at Best Western, Hyatt, Marriott or Hilton Sydney hotels.
Possessives
- abbot: As it happened, the king decided to keep the abbot's lodging as a new royal palace in Canterbury.
- night: Was I to pay for my night's lodging?
Preposition: of
appeal: A letter dated 12th July 2005 from the defendant referred to the lodging of the appeal.
Preposition: for
night: Found lodgings for the night just outside the town.
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