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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

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Other Word Forms

  • underlodging noun

Etymology

Origin of lodging

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

Explanation

Lodging is a name for the place you stay when you're not at home. Your lodging could be a luxury hotel, a yurt in the woods, or a college dormitory. Your accommodations while traveling, going away to school, being an exchange student, or doing temporary work are all called lodging or lodgings. A room in a hotel is one kind of lodging, and a sleeping bag on the floor of a tent is another kind. Lodging comes from lodge and its earlier form, loggen, "to set up camp," from the Old French root loge, "hut or cabin."

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Will the lodging of the blind trust on 28 February be enough?

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Lola: We live in the Coachella Valley so we don’t have to pay for lodging.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Neither was there any reporting on whether the congressional delegation was lodging at either of Trump’s two resorts in Scotland.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

If your trip is a longer one, put a temporary tag on them with your hotel or other lodging information so they have a better chance of being sent there than your home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Odin walked to the hall of Baugi, Suttung's brother, and asked for lodging for the night.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

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