lodger
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈlɑːdʒər/
- UK
:
inquilino
- When the landlord raised the rent, the lodger decided to look for a cheaper place to live.
- two lodgers
- three lodgers
- lodgers, including
We can say the family is going to take in some lodgers.
- We can say the family is going to take in some lodgers.
- And we know that the lodgers take advantage of the fact that the Samsa family has never had lodgers before, right?
- Yeah, she's a lodger and but there was a specific moment.
- There's a final incident which is not so much about Gregor, but is about the lodgers.
Examples
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Having a lodger helped offset the cost of the mortgage for the homeowner.
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He's a lodger of mine, and a very likely lad he is, too.
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"What does she do for a living, your lodger?" she asked.
Fiction book (1997) -
Tell me about your lodger," I say now, over tea.
Fiction book (1994) -
But now the lodger has come back, with her little girl.
Fiction book (1994) -
And I asked our lodger as well.
Fiction book (1998) -
Just regard me as a lodger, not as a guest.
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Not a word to anyone, Miss Clarke, but we have a lodger, half Italian, half Irish.
Fiction book (1997) -
I just want to get to know my new lodgers.
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Her three male lodgers were all porters in their mid-twenties who worked in the neighborhood.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
41
1.8
A person who pays to use a house, car, or other property owned by someone else
1
6.9
A person who rents a room in another person's house
A person who pays to live and eat in another person's house
Antonyms
How Permanent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lodger comes from the word lodge, which means 'to stay' or 'to live for a short time'. So a lodger is someone who pays to stay in another person's house and usually shares the kitchen and bathroom.