Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act of providing or occupying temporary accommodation: "Lodging" refers to the action of staying or living in a place temporarily, often for a fee.
   • A place to live, especially temporarily: "Lodging" can mean the room, apartment, or house where one stays temporarily.
   • (In plural form, 'lodgings') Rooms rented for residence in another's house: This specifically refers to furnished rooms rented within someone else's home.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • We found cheap lodging for the night near the train station. (We found a cheap place to stay for the night.)
  • The university helps students arrange lodging. (The university helps students arrange a place to live.)
  • He took lodgings with a local family. (He rented rooms in a local family's house.)

Advanced Usage

• "To seek lodging": to look for a place to stay.
  • The travelers sought lodging as the sun began to set.
• "Board and lodging": meals and a place to stay provided together for a price.
  • The job offers a salary plus board and lodging.

Variants and Related Words

• Lodge (verb): to provide someone with a place to sleep or live; to stay in a place temporarily.
  • The refugees were lodged in a temporary shelter.
• Lodger (noun): a person who rents a room or rooms in another's house.
  • She has two lodgers to help pay the mortgage.
• Lodgment/Lodgement (noun): the act of lodging or state of being lodged; a place of lodging. (Note: This is a less common variant, often used in formal or military contexts).
  • The lodgment of the troops was completed by nightfall.

Synonyms

• Accommodation: a place to live or stay.
• Quarters: living space, especially for staff or military personnel.
• Digs (informal, chiefly British): living quarters.

Related Phrases

• "To provide lodging for": to give someone a place to stay.
  • The monastery provides lodging for pilgrims.
• "Lodging house": a house where rooms are rented out. (This is a compound term listed here as a related concept).
  • He managed a small lodging house near the port.

Related Idioms

• "A roof over one's head": This idiom refers to having a basic place to live, similar to having "lodging."
  • After losing his job, he was just grateful to have a roof over his head.

Noun

1. the act of lodging
2. the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily
   • the lodgment of the balloon in the tree
3. structures collectively in which people are housed