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lodging

American  
[loj-ing] / ˈlɒdʒ ɪŋ /

noun

  1. accommodation in a house, especially in rooms for rent.

    to furnish board and lodging.

  2. a temporary place to stay; temporary quarters.

  3. lodgings,

    1. a room or rooms rented for residence in another's house.

    2. British. the rooms of a university student who lives neither on campus nor at home.

  4. the act of lodging.

lodging British  
/ ˈlɒdʒɪŋ /

noun

  1. a temporary residence

  2. (sometimes plural) sleeping accommodation

  3. (sometimes plural) (at Oxford University) the residence of the head of a college

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • underlodging noun

Etymology

Origin of lodging

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; lodge, -ing 1

Example Sentences

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Eventually, Fernandez purchased a small hotel and restaurant and frequently gave free lodging to migrant farmers and their families, according to a feature on Huerta in the American Postal Work Magazine.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Viewers chip in to pay for his airfare and lodging.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

In his email, MacAskill explained that the Electoral Commission had been flexible with the party's late lodging of audited accounts.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

During the short trip, he counted 25 motels with brands such as Red Roof Inn and Motel 6 and decided China was ready for a budget lodging behemoth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

In exchange for her lodging below the letter boxes, Boori Ma kept their crooked stairwell spotlessly clean.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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