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Meanings of lodging in English

Portuguese
abrigo
Catalan
allotjament

Structures collectively in which people are housed.

abrigo
Spanish
alojamiento temporal
Catalan
allotjament temporal

Industry and type of residential accommodation.

Related terms
alojamiento temporal
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Examples for "housing"
Examples for "housing"
1
Of course, people need housing, they need food, they need good education.
The new yorker
2
However, structural changes to state economies could also affect housing, she said.
News.com.au
3
Mr Barrett also criticised Government measures to deal with the housing crisis.
The Irish Times
4
New housing figures out today tell an interesting story, particularly about Auckland.
Radio NZ
5
Income support and public housing are among these key services, she said.
Radio NZ
1
But she played coy when it came to her living accommodations.
Sympathy for the devil
2
The flora is always rich and interesting, the walking rough, the living accommodations poor.
The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
3
Linnemann is one of a growing demographic entering shared- living accommodations.
BBC
4
The second floor has private and guest living accommodations and no shortage of rooms devoted to entertaining or for housing guests.
News.com.au
5
Terry talked to them awhile in their own lingo, then asked Sears if he had living accommodations for the whole bunch.
Terry / A Tale of the Hill People

The state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily.

Place to live or lodge (for sleep, rest, food, safety, shelter from cold temperatures or rain, storage of luggage and access to common household functions, etc.)

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Usage of lodging in English
1
Take this paper; it is the name of my lodging in town.
The Brown Mask
2
Thousands of people are lodging complaints, and that is testing many governments.
Reuters
3
When he came to the capital of China, he took a lodging.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments — Volume 03
4
Early in the afternoon Barrington went out, leaving Seth in the lodging.
The Light That Lures
5
I have got a lodging in a house out in the fields.
In the Irish Brigade: A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain
6
Schenck mentions a calculus perforating the bladder and lodging in the groin.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
7
Fin had gone away, and a light was burning in the lodging.
Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway
8
At the time of his death deceased was lodging in the village.
John Thorndyke's Cases / related by Christopher Jervis and edite...
9
His lodging on these journeys was in the huts of the peasants.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
10
In the dark and without witnesses, because the lodging is never missed.
The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc
11
Filing a claim is a required legal step before lodging a lawsuit.
Reuters
12
He found Chillingly Gordon at home in a lodging in Jermyn Street.
Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 06
13
Kwantu offers a variety of lodging styles therefore everyone is catered for.
The South African
14
A spokesman for Rosneft said the company would be lodging a bid.
Reuters
15
He found suitable apartments in one of the lodging-houses of Rue Mont-Thabor.
Samuel Brohl and Company
16
They finally found lodging in North Sutton, N.H. in an apartment house.
The new yorker
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Lodging through the time
Lodging across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common
Ireland
Less common