Lodging
ˈlɒdʒɪŋ
Definitions
2 meaningsTemporary accommodation, especially a room or rooms in another person's house or in a boarding house.
ˈlɒdʒɪŋ
Temporary accommodation
We booked lodging for our weekend trip to the city.
💡 Simply: Lodging is like finding a place to sleep when you're away from home. It could be a hotel, a room at someone's house, or any place you stay for a little while, like when you're on vacation!
👶 For kids: Lodging is a place where you can sleep when you're not at your own house, like a hotel or someone else's home.
More Examples
The price of lodging includes breakfast.
They offer lodging at a reasonable price.
How It's Used
"We looked for lodging near the ski resort."
"The company provides lodging for its employees when they're on assignment."
To provide someone with a place to live temporarily.
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Providing temporary accommodation
The hotel company lodges thousands of tourists every year.
💡 Simply: Lodging means giving someone a place to stay. Imagine you're a hotel owner, you are lodging your guests.
👶 For kids: Lodging means to give someone a place to sleep, like putting them up in a house or hotel.
More Examples
The university lodges international students on campus.
They lodged us in a small cottage.
How It's Used
"The company lodges its visiting employees in local hotels."
"The hotel is responsible for lodging all their guests."
Synonyms
Idioms & expressions
lodging house
A house where people rent rooms; a boarding house.
"He lived in a lodging house when he first came to the city."
From Middle English *loggyng*, from *logge* (a building used for temporary accommodation), from Old French *loge* (hut, cabin), of Germanic origin, related to the word 'lodge'.
Historically, the term 'lodging' was often used to refer to any temporary residence, including a room in a house or an inn. It was especially common in earlier centuries.
Memory tip
Think of finding a place to stay when you're traveling - it's where you get your lodging.