residency
- noun
- /ˈrɛzɪdənsi/
- After moving to the new city, she needed to establish her residency before applying for a job.
- permanent residency
- citizenship and residency
- residency requirement
I've got all my Spanish papers, I've got my residency.
- I've got all my Spanish papers, I've got my residency.
- AOI is also not tax resident in Ireland because it doesn't meet the residency requirements of Irish law.
- And I think you need, especially today, you need to be very flexible with with your residency, where you live.
- She was doing the whole Pape Leo, you know, the process to get our papers, our residency.
Examples
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To apply for the scholarship, you must provide proof of your residency in this district.
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And stay with my dad enough days to meet the residency requirement.
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I got a residency there so we're back on Friday.
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I did my residency there.
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Where did you do your residency?
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Oh, so you moved to New Orleans to do the residency?
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Rist, have you heard anything about your residency?
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His residency was revoked in 1977 due to an allegation of domestic abuse.
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After more than a year in the country under temporary asylum, Edward Snowden has received a three-year residency permit in Russia.
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Without documents to prove his residency, he could not enroll in school.
Synonyms
Living in a place for a period, often for legal reasons
The act of living in a place as a home
The time something stays in one place before it moves, for example water in a reservoir
Living in a place as a permanent home
The state of living permanently in a place
Staying in a place for a period of time
Living in a place
A period of staying in a place for a short time
Antonyms
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Residency comes from the verb reside, from Latin residere meaning 'to sit' or 'to stay'. So a residency is simply the act or place of 'staying' somewhere, which is why it means living at a particular address.