lodging

[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.
Origin
1350-1400; Middle English; see lodge, -ing1
Related forms
underlodging, noun
Examples from the web for lodgings
  • He was forced to move to smaller and meaner lodgings with his surviving aunt.
British Dictionary definitions for lodgings

lodgings

/ˈlɒdʒɪŋz/
plural noun
1.
a rented room or rooms in which to live, esp in another person's house

lodging

/ˈlɒdʒɪŋ/
noun
1.
a temporary residence
2.
(sometimes pl) sleeping accommodation
3.
(sometimes pl) (at Oxford University) the residence of the head of a college
See also lodgings
Word Origin and History for lodgings

lodging

n.

early 14c., "encampment;" late 14c., "temporary accommodation; place of residence," verbal noun from lodge (v.). Related: Lodgings.