quartering
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7.5
- noun
- /ˈkwɔrtərɪŋ/
:
alojamiento
- During the US Revolutionary War period, the English thought it only fair and just that the colonials be taxed for the services provided for them by the Crown, e.g., protecting them from the wild natives and from the French; hence, the English thought the quartering of redcoats in colonial homes was also fair and just.
- quartering soldiers
Examples
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The soldiers were provided with quartering in nearby homes during the war.
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Colonial protests were sparked by the mandatory quartering of British troops in private residences.
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You will see to the quartering of Bowie's volunteers.
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The quartering act.
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Another Catholic journalist could not resist reporting that in England there were supposedly 30,000 unmarried pregnant women as a result of quartering soldiers in their midst.
Academic text (1996) -
The Third and Fourth Amendments of the Constitution contain, respectively, the right against the quartering of troops in private homes (n296) and the right against unreasonable searches and seizures of persons, houses, papers, and effects.
Academic text (2009) -
Under the Quartering Act, the government mandated quartering for military personnel in civilian houses.
Synonyms
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2.8
Rooms or small buildings where people live inside a larger place
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8.2
The official placing of soldiers in private homes to live
Places on a military base where soldiers live
Rooms or buildings where a group of people live, like soldiers
How Comfortable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Quartering for lodging comes from French quartier meaning 'district' or 'living area', which goes back to Latin quartus 'fourth' because places were once split into parts. So to quarter soldiers is to give them a 'quarter' or place to live, and 'quartering' means providing that housing.