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lodging

lodging

50 3.4
A place where you stay for a short time or a short stay there
  • noun
  • /ˈlɒdʒɪŋ/
translation icon : alojamiento
  • Travelers often seek affordable lodging options when visiting a new city.
  • board and lodging
  • provide lodging
  • meals and lodging

The money that I do put forth is to cover things like airfare, lodging, food, all that stuff.

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Examples

  • I'm afraid I found myself without lodgings.

  • We're giving them free lodging in Manhattan in three star hotels.

  • Our master gave us good food and lodging; he spoke as kindly to us as to his children.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • The money that I do put forth is to cover things like airfare, lodging, food, all that stuff.

  • The People's Liberation Army pays for all food and lodging.

  • The PWA provided temporary, inexpensive lodging for single black women and helped them find work.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Mr. Earnshaw has offered me lodgings at the Heights.

  • For the less well-to-do emigrants, the lodging houses of Queenstown offered a cheaper alternative.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Buenaventura disembarked from the Virgen de Covadonga and found lodging near the wharf where the ship had docked.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • The event organizers arranged for safe and comfortable lodging for all the participants.

Synonyms

hotel
vslodging
1.0

A building where people pay to stay and get meals and other services

is the general short stay idea not limited to paid service buildings
motel
vslodging
579 1.2

A small hotel by the road that has parking outside each room

is the broader short stay term not limited to roads or drivers
shelter
vslodging
344 1.1

A building that gives temporary housing and protection for homeless people

focuses on short stays for travellers and visitors rather than protection purpose
hotel room
vslodging
276 1.0

A private room where hotel guests sleep and use a bathroom

signifies the wider notion of temporary stay or the act itself
inn
vslodging
239 1.0

A small hotel in the countryside that offers rooms and meals

is broader, applying to many short stay places without food focus
accommodation
vslodging
135 5.0

A place where people stay, like a hotel or room

focuses on short temporary stays rather than general housing or provision
pad
vslodging
  • Informal
61 7.4

A casual word for a home often meaning a small apartment

is the neutral general term for any short stay place or act
motel room
vslodging
51 1.0

A room in a motel where people sleep for a short time

covers any temporary place to stay or the act of staying
hostel
vslodging
34 2.1

A cheap place for travelers or students to sleep, often with shared rooms and facilities

is broader, not restricted to low cost or shared sleeping setups
guesthouse
vslodging
21 2.5

A small building near a house where visitors stay

is the broader concept covering many types of short stay places
living quarters
vslodging
18 2.8

Rooms or small buildings where people live inside a larger place

is broader, also naming temporary places and the act of staying
sojourn
vslodging
  • Formal
10 7.5

A short stay in a place as a guest

includes both that visiting stay and the physical places used for it
guest bedroom
vslodging
10 1.7

A room for visitors to sleep in

covers any temporary stay place or the act of staying
1 3.3

Places like rooms or buildings where people live

applies more to short temporary stays rather than long term housing
hostelry
vslodging
  • Archaic
1 8.0

A place like a hotel that offers rooms for travelers to stay overnight

is the general short stay idea beyond traditional or historic forms
1 3.4

A place for sleeping, often in a hotel or train

covers that sleeping space plus the broader short stay meaning
lodging house
vslodging
  • UK
1 3.6

A house that rents rooms to people for short or long stays

is more general, including many kinds of temporary staying places
rest house
vslodging
  • Archaic
1 4.6

A building where travelers can sleep and rest

is more general, covering any short stay shelter or the act of staying
lodgings
vslodging
3.3

Temporary rooms you rent to stay in for a short time

is the single idea of a short stay place or the act of staying
3.8

A building that offers rooms for people to stay for a short time

is the wider term for any short stay place or the act of staying

Compounds

1 3.6

A house that rents rooms to people for short or long stays

A cheap place where students or young people stay on trips with a host

How Permanent

home
1.0
residence
253 2.5
housing
658 1.0
accommodation
135 5.0
lodging
50 3.4
stopover
11 3.2

Surface Forms

lodging singular
lodgings plural

Morphology

lodging = lodge (transparent) = lodge + ing

Formed from the common verb 'lodge' plus the productive nominalizing '-ing', denoting the act or place of staying, which B1 learners can readily infer.

Etymology

Lodging comes from lodge, which first meant a small 'hut' or simple shelter. So lodging keeps that idea: it is a place to stay for a short time.