- present participle of lodge.
lodging
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lodgings
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accommodation in a house, especially in rooms for rent.
to furnish board and lodging.
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a temporary place to stay; temporary quarters.
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lodgings,
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a room or rooms rented for residence in another's house.
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British. the rooms of a university student who lives neither on campus nor at home.
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the act of lodging.
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a temporary residence
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(sometimes plural) sleeping accommodation
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(sometimes plural) (at Oxford University) the residence of the head of a college
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Etymology
Origin of lodging
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at lodge, -ing 1
Explanation
Lodging is a name for the place you stay when you're not at home. Your lodging could be a luxury hotel, a yurt in the woods, or a college dormitory. Your accommodations while traveling, going away to school, being an exchange student, or doing temporary work are all called lodging or lodgings. A room in a hotel is one kind of lodging, and a sleeping bag on the floor of a tent is another kind. Lodging comes from lodge and its earlier form, loggen, "to set up camp," from the Old French root loge, "hut or cabin."
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This problem, known as lodging, can cause significant yield losses when crops collapse toward the end of the growing season.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
Field's family said repeated rescheduling of the assessment process caused delays, and that despite lodging an appeal several months ago, they are still awaiting an outcome.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Monthly payments go toward seven nights of resort lodging.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Teams pay roughly $25,000 for a week’s stay, with the players lodging together in a bunkhouse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Pastors again offered petty cash but no work or lodging.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
The explosion, which occurred at dawn on Friday in the popular Plaka district filled with tourist lodgings, was likely caused by a gas leak, according to the capital's mayor, Haris Doukas.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
The Hilltop Youth establish the barest of footholds on open land with temporary lodgings and, in many cases, later build homes and raise families.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
In the Johnson’s Beach lodgings, long known for summer-camp vibes, some rooms now come equipped with luxury linens and a French press.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Suozzi’s and Moolenaar’s vague public references to their Washington lodgings match known details about life at C Street.
From Salon ● May 29, 2026
A couple of blocks up Breweries Street I turned off towards my lodgings and suddenly, there where the crowd thinned out, found Tibe walking beside me.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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