lodging house
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Lodging house — Lodging Lodg ing, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, lodges. [1913 Webster] 2. A place of rest, or of temporary habitation; esp., a sleeping apartment; often in the plural with a singular meaning. Gower. [1913 Webster] Wits take lodgings in … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lodging house — lodging houses N COUNT A lodging house is a house where people can rent rooms to live in or stay in. [mainly BRIT] (in AM, usually use rooming house) … English dictionary
lodging house — n BrE old fashioned a building where people can rent rooms to live or stay in = ↑boarding house … Dictionary of contemporary English
lodging house — lodging ,house noun count BRITISH a ROOMING HOUSE … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
lodging house — ► NOUN ▪ a private house providing rented accommodation … English terms dictionary
lodging house — n. ROOMING HOUSE … English World dictionary
lodging house — noun a house where rooms are rented • Syn: ↑rooming house • Hypernyms: ↑house, ↑accommodation • Hyponyms: ↑flophouse, ↑dosshouse * * * noun, pl ⋯ houses [count] … Useful english dictionary
lodging house — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms lodging house : singular lodging house plural lodging houses British a building with rooms for people to rent, usually for short periods only. The American word is rooming house … English dictionary
lodging house keeper's lien — The statutory lien of the keeper of a lodging house upon goods of a lodger brought upon the premises for the former s charges against the latter for the lodging and services appertaining to the lodging, the lien sometimes being extended by… … Ballentine's law dictionary
lodging house keeper — The proprietor or keeper of a lodging house … Ballentine's law dictionary
