Lodging

Definitions: Lodging

Lodging

Noun

1. Housing structures collectively; structures in which people are housed.

2. The state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily: "the lodgment of the balloon in the tree".

3. The act of lodging.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "lodging" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Food & Agriculture

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Lodging

Abode

Noun: abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, apartment, place, digs, pad, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, diggings, seat,

Receptacle

Lodging; (abode); bed; (support); carriage; (vehicle).

Crosswords: Lodging

A Lodging for the Night (1912)

Gas Food Lodging (1992)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Boykin Lodging Company: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• The 2001 Report on Hotels and Other Lodging Places: World Market Segmentation by City (reference)

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Books

• Doin' Arizona With Your Pooch!: Eileen's Directory of Dog-Friendly Lodging & Outdoor Adventures in Arizona (Vacationing With Your Pet Travel Series) (reference)

• Doin' California with Your Pooch: Eileen's Directory of Dog-Friendly Lodging and Outdoor Adventure in California! Fourth Edition (reference)

• Hotel & Motel Sales, Marketing & Promotion: Strategies to Impact Revenue & Increase Occupancy for Smaller Lodging Properties (reference)

• Route 66 Dining & Lodging Guide - 6th Edition (reference)

• The Guide to Lodging in Italian Monasteries (reference)

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Periodicals

• Lodging Hospitality (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Gas Food Lodging (reference)

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Music

• Food Phone Gas Lodging (reference)

• Gas Food Lodging / Green on Red [2 Lps on One CD] (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Lodging room. In: "The Annals of San Francisco". Frank Soule, John Gihon, and James Nesbit. 1855. Page 247. D. Appleton & Company, New York. F869.S3.S7 1855. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Seven-cent Lodging House, New York City. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[A dime lodging house]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Cartoon, on poverty in New York City, showing man, labeled "deserving, but out of work," standing in snowstorm looking at sign marked "police station lodging for unfortunate wayfarers, closed by order of T. Roosevelt". Credit: Library of Congress.

"Lodging House" and "Quick Lunch" shacks on a dirt road. Credit: Library of Congress.

Home converted to lodging house Marysville, Ohio. Credit: Library of Congress.

A street in the Negro quarter of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, where many of the migrants find lodging. In the background is one of the trucks that take them to and from work. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And to this I say, that every man, that hath any possessions, or enjoyment, of any part of the dominions of any government, cloth thereby give his tacit consent, and is as far forth obliged to obedience to the laws of that government, during such enjoyment, as any one under it; whether this his possession be of land, to him and his heirs for ever, or a lodging only for a week; or whether it be barely travelling freely on the highway; and in effect, it reaches as far as the very being of any one within the territories of that government. (Second Treatise of Government)

There shall be paid by the German Government the total cost of all armies of the Allied and Associated Governments in occupied German territory from the date of the signature of the Armistice of November 11, 1918, including the keep of men and beasts, lodging and billeting, pay and allowances, salaries and wages, bedding, heating, lighting, clothing, equipment, harness and saddlery, armament and rolling-stock, air services, treatment of sick and wounded, veterinary and remount services, transport service of all sorts (such as by rail, sea or river, motor lorries), communications and correspondence, and in general the cost of all administrative or technical services the working of which is necessary for the training of troops and for keeping their numbers up to strength and preserving their military efficiency. (reference)

There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1940)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

He had a lodging as the bird has a branch.

I stayed till sunset, but humbly desired his Highness to excuse me for not accepting his invitation of lodging in the palace.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

In general, a Ronald McDonald House is available for families of seriously ill children and provides lodging at economical rates. (references)

Business

Previously, his daughters had received death threats after lodging complaints about the Aguas Blancas massacre. (references)

Thirty percent of the disposable income of an average German household is spent on rent and expenses related to lodging (heating, etc.). (references)

Additionally, excursions are a must. Recent studies conducted by ISNART (an Italian research institute specialized in tourism surveys) estimate that in 1998 37.5 % of Italians will budget for their main holiday (travel and lodging costs) $500 - $1,100; 24% will budget $1,100 - $1,700, 8.4% will budget $1,700 - $2,800; and 5.6%, over $2,800. Of the remaining 25%, 20 % will spend less than $500, and 5% are uncertain. (references)

Children

Morocco

There are several shelters in the major cities that provide food and lodging for street children, while other NGO's work to reduce the exploitation of street children and to cure those street children with drug addictions. (references)

Civil Liberties

Belgium

For recognized religions, the Government pays the salaries, lodging, and retirement expenses of ministers and also subsidizes the construction and renovation of church buildings. (references)

Economic History

Nicaragua

The material and accessories must be used in the construction and equipping of the hotel and lodging industry. (references)

Human Rights

Costa Rica

An effective mechanism for lodging and recording complaints of police misconduct exists. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

In November 1999, the president of the bar announced that the bar would not continue to provide free legal assistance to poor accused persons who are tried by a civil or criminal court if the Government did not furnish lawyers' transportation and lodging expenses. (references)

Indigenous People

Australia

Aboriginal leaders were pleased by the removal of the time limit for lodging native title claims but expressed deep concern about the weakening of Aboriginal rights to negotiate with non-Aboriginal leaseholders over the development of rural property. (references)

Minorities

Portugal

The law permits victims and antiracism associations to participate in race-related criminal trials by lodging criminal complaints, retaining their own lawyers, and calling witnesses. (references)

Russia

Chechen IDP's and the Civic Assistance Committee for migrants reported that Chechens face great difficulty in finding lodging in Moscow and frequently are forced to pay at least twice the usual rent for an apartment. (references)

Trade

Canada

A party can protest an existing law, measure, or practice that does not conform to the agreement's principles by formally lodging an exception or reservation for the measure. (references)

Travel

Pakistan

Lodging - There are international-standard hotels in the major cities of Pakistan. (references)

France

May 2001 estimates of the Department of State for reasonable lodging and meal/incidental expenses for a business traveler are respectively $149 and $85 per day. (references)

Women

Iceland

Each year approximately 100 women ask for temporary lodging at the women's shelter, while 300 to 400 women and children seek assistance at the counseling center. (references)

Worker Rights

Tajikistan

Traffickers tightly control arrangements for travel and lodging, and employ wide contacts among tourism agencies. (references)

Brazil

Victims often are charged exorbitant prices for transportation and lodging, prices that figure into the overall debt used to trap them in forced labor. (references)

Guinea

The Government continues to subsidize CNTG representatives to the International Labor Organization (ILO) conferences, by paying their travel and lodging expenses. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "lodging": be roomy with lodging ♦ board and lodging ♦ full board and lodging ♦ furnished lodging ♦ lodging allowance ♦ lodging for the night ♦ lodging house ♦ Lodging room ♦ lodging school ♦ provide lodging for ♦ roomy lodging ♦ student lodging. Additional references.

Beginning with "lodging": lodging-house, lodging-houses, lodging-houses-for-single-men.

Ending with "lodging": board-and-lodging.

Containing "lodging": salesman-cum-lodging-house.

Albanian

dhomë e marrë me qira, banesë (abode, domicile, dwelling, dwelling place, habitat, habitation, home, house, inhabitation, living quarters, place, quarters, residence, shebang). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مسكن (abode, anodyne, apartment, assuasive, demulcent, easing, habitation, home, house, lenitive, palliative, quarters, relieving, residence, sedative, soothing), ‏سكن (alleviate, appease, assuage, attemper, calm, cool, dwell, dwelling, dwelt, ease, fall, gentle, habitation, hostel, house, hut, kill, live, lull, occupy, pacify, palliate, place, qualify, quarters, quiet, quieten, remit, repose, residence, salve, set together, settle, solace, soothe, stay, still, supple, tenant), ‏إيواء (housing), ‏إقامة (indwelling, institution, stay). (various references)

Bulgarian 

жилище (abode, dwelling, dwelling place, habitation, home, house, housing, inhabitation, place, quarters, residence, shebang, shop). (various references)

Chinese 

住所 (lodgings, residence), 住宿 . (various references)

Czech

nocleh (bed, lodging for the night). (various references)

Danish

lejring af sæd, lejesaed (lodged grain), nedslagning af korn, nedslag af korn, indlogering (accommodation), indkvartering (accommodation), husly (accommodation). (various references)

Dutch

legeren van graan, legeren (be encamped, camp, camp out, lie encamped), platliggen van gewassen, onderkomen (abode, accommodation, dwelling, residence), huisvesting (accommodation). (various references)

Finnish

lakoutuminen, majapaikka (lodgings, quarters). (various references)

French

hébergement. (various references)

German

unterkunft (accommodation, accommodations, billet, house, housing, quarters), Mietwohnung (apartment, flat, rented apartment, tenement). (various references)

Greek 

κατάλυμα (accommodation, quarter, quarters). (various references)

Hebrew 

מלון (boarding house, hotel), לי� �" (abidance, staying the night), אכסון (accommodation, hospitalization, quartering), אכס� י�" (guesthouse, hostel, inn, meeting place), �"ל� �" (keeping over night), �"תארחות (being a guest), � ו�" (beautiful, comely, dwelling place, habitation, lovely, oasis, pasture). (various references)

Hungarian

lakás (apartment, chambers, domicile, dwelling, flat, habitation, houseful, housing, living quarters, pigsty, place, quarters, residence, rooms, shop), szállás (accommodation, billets, bivvy, forecastle, harborage, harbour, harbourage, housing, kip, living quarters, lodgement, lodgment, quarters). (various references)

Indonesian

pondokan. (various references)

Irish

ósta (of lodging). (various references)

Italian

alloggio (abode, accommodation, accommodation house, accomodation, apartment, billet, dwelling, flat, housing, lodging place, quarter, quarters, residence, rest), alloggiamento (accommodation, box, casing, housing, quarters). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

宿泊 , 宿 (inn). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ししゅく (adoring, looking up to, putting up), きしゅく, きゃくしゃ (hotel, inn, passenger car), しゅくはく (Respectfully yours), かくしゃ (all companies, each company, enlightened person, hotel, inn), やど (inn), �'しゅく (boarding, boarding house), とうしゅく (putting up at a hotel). (various references)

Korean 

하숙 (lodgings). (various references)

Manx

jiuleanys (cotlery, sojourning, vassalage), aaght (accommodation, board, covert, den, digs). (various references)

Pig Latin

odginglay

Portuguese

alojamento (accommodation, accumulation, billet, house trained, housing, living wage, Lodge, lodgement, lodgment, quarter, quarters). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

alojamento. (various references)

Romanian

locuinţã (abode, accommodations, apartment, digging, dwelling, home, homestead, house, housing, inhabitation, living, Lodge, lodgment, place, residence, rooms, tenement, whereabouts), gãzduire (accommodation, entertainment, hospitality, housing, lodgment), casã (building, cash desk, cash-office, chest, cottage, dwelling, establishment, family, fireside, habitation, home, homestead, house, household, hovel, lodgment, pay desk, place, roof), camerã cu chirie. (various references)

Russian 

жилище (abode, diggings, domicile, dwelling, habitation, home, inhabitation, lodgement, lodgment). (various references)

Scottish

loistean (a lodging). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

stan (apartment, diggings, housing, pad, place, residence, rooms), smeštaj (seating). (various references)

Spanish

alojamiento (accommodation, billet, digs, housing, kip, lodgement, lodgings, lodgment, quarterage, quartering, quarters, rooms). (various references)

Swedish

logi (accommodation, quarters, shelter), husrum (houseroom). (various references)

Thai

การพำนัก (lodgement). (various references)

Turkish

pansiyon (boardinghouse, diggings, digs, guesthouse, hostel, kip, lodging house, lodgings, pension, rest house, resting place, rooming house), kiralık ev (apartment for rent, apartment to rent, house for rent, house to let, tenement), kalacak yer (accommodation, accommodations, quarters, refuge, rooms, sleeping accommodation), iskân (housing, settlement, settling). (various references)

Ukranian 

тимчасове житло (sojourn), наймана кімната. (various references)

Vietnamese 

chỗ trọ. (various references)

Welsh

llety (accommodation, apartment). (various references)

contubernia, contubernium, habitatio, habitatione, habitationem, habitationes, habitationibus, habitationis, hospitia, hospitii, hospitio, hospitium, praesepe, praesepia, praesepibus, praesepio. (various references)

logis. (various references)