house1 nounhouse2 verb
househouse1 /haʊs/ ●●● S1 W1 noun (plural houses /ˈhaʊzɪz/) 
WORD ORIGINhouse1
Origin:
Old English husEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a detached house in Surrey
- a three-bedroom semi-detached house
- America's oldest publishing house
- Be quiet or you'll wake the whole house!
- I'm going to Bethany's house after school.
- I went over to Barbara's house after school.
- My parents have a five-bedroom house.
- Our house is the one with the red door.
- the House of Dior
- The bill has the backing of both houses of Congress.
- The street ran between rows of dingy terraced houses.
- The street was lined with identical red-brick houses.
- Dilapidated public schools-their windows covered by protective grilles coexist with crack houses.
- I was dressed and out of the house in ten long minutes with gas-fuelled hair tongs in my hand.
- Immediately these men destroyed the houses that had been built on the land.
- Mrs Kim-Soon exclaimed that she would not put up with another Mrs Kim-Soon in the house.
- Now they had a smart restaurant in Blackheath, another in Knightsbridge, and a chain of pizza houses.
- She left the house for the farmers' market.
- Which gives my house the unique decor of a kitsch museum crossed with a landfill.
- Women orbited about surfers on the beach; they clung to them in cars; they occupied their houses in loose liaisons.
THESAURUS
a building that someone lives in, especially one that is intended for one family, person, or couple to live in: · Annie and Rick have just bought their first house.· The price of houses is going up all the time.
British English a house that is not joined to another house: · a detached four-bedroomed house
British English a house that is joined to another house on one side
British English, row house American English one of a row of houses that are joined together
one of a row of houses that are joined together. In British English, townhouse is often used about a large and impressive house in a fashionable area of a city: · an 18th-century townhouse in Bath
a small house in the country – used especially about houses in the UK: · a little cottage in the country· a thatched cottage (=with a roof made of straw)
a small house that is all on one level: · Bungalows are suitable for many elderly people.
a large house in the countryside, especially one that is of historical interest: · The hotel was originally an Edwardian country house.
a very large house: · the family’s Beverly Hills mansion
(also trailer American English) a type of house that can be pulled by a large vehicle and moved to another place
American English a long narrow house that is all on one level: · a California ranch house
American English a house that is divided into two separate homes
an apartment especially American English , flat British English a set of rooms where someone lives that is part of a house or bigger building. In British English, people usually say flat. Apartment is used about large and expensive flats, or in advertisements: · His apartment is on the eighth floor.· In London, I shared a flat with some other students.
(also condo informal) American English one apartment in a building with several apartments, owned by the people who live in them: · a 10-unit condominium complex
a group of houses a group of new houses or other buildings that are all planned and built together on the same piece of land: · The site is to be used for a new housing development.
British English an area where a large group of houses have all been built together at the same time: · She grew up on a council estate in Leeds.
Longman Language Activatordifferent types of house a building for people to live in, that may have more than one level, and may either stand separately or be joined to other buildings: · Our house is the one with the red door.· I went over to Barbara's house after school.· The street was lined with identical red-brick houses.detached house British (=a house that is not joined to another house): · a detached house in Surreysemi-detached house British (=a house that is joined to another house on one side): · a three-bedroom semi-detached houseterraced houseBritish /row house American (=a house that is in a row of houses that are all joined together): · The street ran between rows of dingy terraced houses.
a small house, especially an old house in the country - use this especially about houses in the UK: · She lives in a charming cottage deep in the Kent countryside.· a row of thatched cottages in a rural village
a small house in which all the rooms are on the same level: · He and his wife lived in a modern bungalow on the outskirts of the city.
American a house in a group of houses that share one or more walls: · Old buildings were knocked down, and new apartments and townhouses built.
a very large and impressive house: · a magnificent mansion set in 2000 acres of countryside· an eleven-bedroom mansion in Hancock Park
different types of apartment especially American a set of rooms that are usually all on the same level and are part of a larger building: · They went back to her apartment for a cup of coffee.· There was no point in paying rent for an empty apartment.apartment building (=a building that has several apartments on each level): · Small apartment buildings filled with families line the street.high-rise apartment building (=a tall apartment building with many levels): · High-rise apartment buildings have gone up where once there was open land.
British a set of rooms that are usually all on the same level and are part of a larger building: · Stella and Keith moved into a cold, damp flat together.· a group of students in a shared flatblock of flats (=a building that consists of different levels and has several flats on each level): · Lisa lives on the nineteenth floor of a block of flats in London.
also condo informal American an apartment in a building that consists of several apartments, all of which are owned by the people who live in them: · He lives in a condo in San Jose.· They rent out their condominium to skiers during the winter.
a place for someone to live the houses, flats etc within a particular area that are available for or are provided for people to live in: · Most of the housing in the area is sub-standard and nothing is being done to improve it.· The council is making a great effort to provide cheap housing and more public facilities.
formal a place where people can live or stay, including houses, flats, hotels etc: · The holiday costs about £400 for a week's accommodation and flights.student/rented/holiday etc accommodation: · I've been looking in the newspapers for student accommodation but it's all so expensive.
a house, flat etc for people to live in - used especially in advertisements or to talk about large numbers of homes: · They want to build forty luxury homes on a disused railway site.· Between 1945 and 1970 the government built 110,000 new homes for low-paid workers.
a place where you can live - use this especially when this is difficult to get: · I'll stay at my grandmother's at first, until I find somewhere to live.· Students looking for somewhere to live can go the university accommodation service.
informal a place to live - use this especially when you are comparing this with the possibility of not having anywhere to live at all: · It doesn't matter what kind of place it is, at least you'll have a roof over your head.· It's hard to be cheerful when you haven't even got a roof over your head.
also housing estate British an area where houses have all been built together in a planned way: · Jane has her own house on a neat housing estate in the south-east.council estate (=an estate built by the local government, especially to be rented): · They live in a block of flats on a bleak council estate.
American informal a group of houses or apartments usually built with government money for poor people to rent: · Under this proposal, Federal money will no longer go to public housing projects but will go instead directly to the people.· Chicago's Cabrini Green housing project· She says she wants something better for her kids than what she had in the projects.
a group of new buildings that have all been planned and built together on the same piece of land: · New developments are springing up all around the town.
not costing any money something that is free costs no money: · Parking is free after 6 pm.· "How much is it to get into the concert?" "Oh, I think it's free."· The clinic offers free advice on contraception.· I'm saving these tokens to get a free poster.
to be free: · Luckily I was insured, so the treatment didn't cost anything.cost nothing/not cost anything to do something: · It doesn't cost anything to get advice from them.· The competition costs nothing to enter, just send a postcard with your name and address.
without having to pay for something that you would normally have to pay for: · He offered to fix the car for nothing.· Fans were allowed into the stadium for nothing as a way of celebrating.· Children under five can see the show for free.
without having to pay - used especially in advertisements and official notices: · Guests can park free of charge all day.· Copies of the leaflet can be obtained free of charge from your local library.· This policy ensures that you get emergency medical treatment free of charge when travelling abroad.
if there is no charge for a service that someone provides, you do not have to pay for it: · "How much is the prescription?'' "No charge -- students are exempt from payment.''· Entry to the museum costs £3, but there is no charge on Wednesdays and Sundays.no charge for: · There is no charge for cashing these travellers' cheques.
if drinks or meals are on the house , they are given to you by the owner of the bar or restaurant that you are in and you do not have to pay for them: · On New Year's Eve, he offered a glass of champagne to everyone, on the house.· The owner let us have the first bottle of wine on the house.
if a service is provided at no cost to someone, they do not have to pay for it: · The Helpline provides advice on all types of personal problems at no cost to the caller.· Treatment at the health center is available at no cost to students.
if a shop or a company provides an additional service at no extra cost, they do it without asking you for any more money: · Many activities are available at the hotel at no extra cost, but theatre trips and excursions are not included.at no extra cost to: · The store is offering to install satellite dishes at no extra cost to the buyer.
especially written provided without payment: · His work for the church is performed gratis.· You can see some local bands at local clubs absolutely gratis.
to leave your house and go to live in another one · We're moving tomorrow, so I won't be at work for a couple of days.move to · We're hoping to move to a bigger house by the end of the year.· In her early years her family had moved from one town to another, and she had never felt settled anywhere.
British to leave your house and go to live in another one: · I'm not looking forward to moving house -- it'll be a lot of work.· "When are you moving house?" "Next week, if everything goes to plan."
to start to live in a place to start to live permanently in a country or city, after you have lived in several different places: settle in: · We lived in Thailand, then Singapore, and finally settled in Hong Kong.· The family settled in a small Nevada town where they opened a store.
to start to live in your own home for the first time, for example after getting married or leaving your parents' home: · They first set up house together in Atlanta and moved to Miami three years later.· He rarely left the Brooklyn apartment where he had set up house.set up house with: · Her parents were very upset when she set up house with her boyfriend.
formal to start to live in a country, city, or a building, especially in order to start working at a job: take up residence in: · He left the country in December to take up residence in Panama.take up residence at: · In 1953 Diem took up residence at a monastery in Belgium.
WORD SETSassembly, nounbackbencher, nounbackwoodsman, nounbicameral, adjectivebill, nounCapitol Hill, nounchamber, nouncongress, nouncongressman, nouncongresswoman, nouncorporation, nouncouncil, noundissolve, verbdivision, nounfilibuster, verbfront bench, nounfrontbencher, nounguillotine, nounguillotine, verbhouse, nounintroduce, verblobby, nounlogrolling, nounLower House, nounmajority leader, nounMP, nounorder paper, nounparliament, nounparliamentarian, nounparliamentary, adjectivepass, verbpassage, nounprivate member, nounreading, nounrecess, nounrecess, verbrepresent, verbrepresentative, adjectiveRight Honourable, adjectiveRoyal Commission, nounrunning mate, nounsession, nounsitting, nounsitting member, nounsurgery, nounvote of censure, nounwhip, nounWhite Paper, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
Billy Graham is a speaker who can be sure of playing to a full house. a haunted house a house-warming party Investors in the property market are worried about rising inflation. Each table will get a bottle of champagne on the house (=paid for by the restaurant, hotel etc). He kept open house for a wide range of artists and writers. We’re having an open house Sunday, noon to 5 pm. Outside, the children were playing cowboys and Indians. a new publishing house (=publishing company)
· They live in a really big house in Hampstead.
· We bought this house when Liam was just a baby.
· While he was working in London, Ken rented a house in Fulham.
· We decided to sell the house and move back to Seattle.
(=make it available for people to buy)· They put the house on the market and began looking for an apartment.
· We’re moving into our new house next week.
· They’re building a house on land overlooking Galway Bay.
(=build a house, especially when it seems very quick)· I think they’ve ruined the village by putting up these new houses.
(=repair a house so that it is in good condition again)· He makes money by renovating old houses and selling them on.
(=put paint or wallpaper on the inside walls of a house)· If we’re going to decorate the house, let’s get professionals in.
informal (=decorate it)· We’ve been doing up the house bit by bit since we first moved in.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + house (=one owned by someone)· It was a residential neighborhood of private houses.
(=one owned by someone who rents it to people)· She shares a rented house with three other students.
British English (=one owned by a local council that people can rent cheaply)· The rent rise is a blow to council house tenants.
(=a house in Britain that was built during the reign of a particular king or queen)· They live in a lovely old Edwardian house with high ceilings.
house + NOUN· House prices have tripled over the last ten years.
· All house owners must pay council tax.
· A solicitor can help you with the legal aspects of a house purchase.
(=the activity of looking at houses that you might buy)· Have you had any success with your house hunting?
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=a company that arranges auctions)
(=a burning house/factory/car etc)· Three people were badly hurt in a house blaze.
(=a sudden increase in house prices)· People made a lot of money in the 1980s property boom.
· They live in a 17th-century farmhouse.
formal· The museum holds a comprehensive collection of photographs from that period.
(=for people to live in)· Architects designed the residential complexes near the beach.
British English (=when you change the use of a house, barn etc, so that it becomes apartments, a house, a room etc)
· The failure of the crop this year will create a food crisis.
British English (=a restaurant that serves curry)· Let’s try that new curry house in town.
(=the perfect one for you)· We can help you find the house of your dreams.
(=a company that produces new and expensive styles of clothes)· fashion houses such as Armani and Hugo Boss
(=a fire that starts inside a house)· Faulty electrical wiring is being blamed for a house fire.
Billy Graham is a speaker who can be sure of playing to a full house. (=someone who is staying in your house)· There was a constant stream of house guests at their country estate.
a haunted house a house-warming party· The damage may be covered by your house insurance.
· I’ve lost my house keys.
(=the key that opens a door/house/cupboard)· Has anyone seen the key to the garage door?
British English (=land where houses can be built)· The shortage of housing land is a problem in the south-east.
Investors in the property market are worried about rising inflation. (=someone you share a house, room etc with)
British English (=go to live in a different house) My parents kept moving house because of my dad’s job.
My parents kept moving house because of my dad’s job. Each table will get a bottle of champagne on the house (=paid for by the restaurant, hotel etc). He kept open house for a wide range of artists and writers. We’re having an open house Sunday, noon to 5 pm. (=a plant grown in a pot in the house)· These make excellent house plants.
Outside, the children were playing cowboys and Indians.· Our energy policies must put the environment first.
· A poor harvest led to higher food prices.
a new publishing house (=publishing company) British English (=be completely safe) Your money will be as safe as houses.
Your money will be as safe as houses. (=a search of every house or building in an area)· Police are conducting house-to-house searches in the area where the girl disappeared.
· The water shortage was reaching crisis proportions.
(=built in the style used in the Tudor period)
(=go to see a house etc that you are interested in buying)
(=ordinary wine that is used in restaurants, in contrast to wines that are sold by the bottle and have the label of a wine produce on them)· a glass of the house wine
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· The atmosphere was tense and all realised it was heads down for a full house.· The Becketts have a full house and then some.· Even a full house would be piffling for a town with so vast a drawing area.· The next week, we had a full house at the lunch.· Tick them off as they appear - until you can call Diamond full house.· Until the spring almost every night had been a full house, and business had been brisk even after the war started.· There has been a woman governor-general before, but not in this kind of full house.
· There would be no public houses, but markets and shops would all be in the plan.· All the remaining public houses do bar meals and meals.· One useful change has been the restoring of parity of permitted hours for clubs opening with those enjoyed by public houses.· Work has started re-building one of the region's most well-known public houses.· Many of the smaller gaols formed the rear of public houses with the publican doubling his duties with that of gaoler.· Mr. Gilbert, the complainant, gave evidence that on the evening of 22 April 1990 he was in a public house.· There are two excellent public houses and a charming hillside parish church, all worth visiting.· The accident outside the George public house at Gravesend followed violence in the town centre.
· It was logical really that I should be brought from my anonymous safe house to the Hezbollah's Hay Madi barracks.· They reportedly control an organization that lists at least 20 safe houses in Tijuana alone and numbers as many as 400 people.· It was a safe house in a bad area at a bad time.· Side turnings; stopovers; safe houses.· And the finest safe house on the road back to Ireland.· We're moving you to a safe house in Wapping.· Past it, except for running safe houses.· She was placed in a safe house but later returned to the coven of her own free will.
· Elections to the National Council, the upper house, were held in June 1991.· They successfully tied up the upper house in endless debate.· Nevertheless the odds, in the upper house, remain against one.· Pinochet and who hold the swing vote in the upper house.· They were able to do this because of the informal nature of the old upper house.· The Tories, however, enjoyed the ascendancy in the upper house.· Its members may hope automatically to become members of the Federal Council, the upper house of the proposed new Federal Assembly.
NOUN· All this time, Lumumba had been under house arrest in Leopoldville.· Tried in Hanoi on charges of sedition, he died under house arrest in Hue fifteen years later.· Teitgen said 3,024 of the 24,000 people he had ordered to be put under house arrest disappeared.· Park then placed him under house arrest, while his captors went free, and later imprisoned him for sedition.· And the Demomcrats leader remained under house arrest.· After he voluntarily returned home in 1985, Kim was placed under house arrest again.· They are keeping scores of officials under house arrest in the hotel.· Upon release in June, he faces five years of house arrest and probation.
· Both dealers and auction houses favour the tax benefit.· World Golf opened in mid-December in Sherman Oaks, in a brick building that once was an auction house.· And if the auction houses aren't doing well ... it's a vicious circle.· Particularly in New York, many of the auction houses look intimidating.· In addition to fashion, Bond Street is also renowned for its auction houses and for its fine art galleries.· It cost $ 93, 500 at an auction house.· The auction house typically takes a cut of the vendor's taking.· The wealthy Detroit property developer of shopping malls enjoyed the social prestige of owning the world's largest auction house.
· Thus, it is nothing more than a clearing house which does nothing in its own right.· How efficient the place was - a model clearing house for death, turning out its yearly quota of corpses.· The clearing house holds accounts for all the clearing members of the exchange.· The short informs the clearing house of these arrangements.· Out-of-hours trading is permitted by the clearing house and can account for up to a third of on-exchange trading.· Overburdened by commitments elsewhere, Unesco can only act as a clearing house for independently sponsored initiatives.· It also acted as a central store and clearing house for hops, organising the supply to the brewers.· Arrangements will include a clearing house to help match staff with vacancies and special provisions for retraining.
· Nivingston House Charming old country house restaurant.· It was her first experience of staying in a country house.· When she spoke of it, I saw her as a little girl in a great Virginia country house.· The home was not for most a country house or a cottage, but a town villa or tenement.· Inside, there's a country house atmosphere.· Good country house furniture in mahogany and pine, plus silver, brass and pictures, are on sale.· The absence of panegyric in itself sets Leapor's poem apart from earlier country house poems.
· Accommodations include several hotels and small inns, guest houses, farmhouses and self-catering units.· Please note that prices quoted by hotels and guest houses may be based on double occupancy of a room.· I saw the helicopter hover in the air, and then it crashed into our guest house.· We left the guest house, going through stone-vaulted passageways into the cloister garth.· Three years later, the couple opened their 10-bedroom home-with-a-difference as a guest house.· There are a full range of excellent hotels and guest houses throughout the county.· There is also a guest house, studio, tennis court and pool.
· Beautiful, medieval, moated manor house in the heart of the Kentish Weald.· I walk a way along the beach, then turn to look at the manor house.· She had made enough money to maintain Cliff Top as the substantial manor house it had become.· Families cherished their forbears, whether these had lived in humble cottages or in manor houses.· The hotel was a converted manor house.· Wood Dalling Hall epitomises the perfect Elizabethan manor house.· Meanwhile, Seb tied the reins of his horse to the back of the cart before sprinting towards the manor house.· Most of these studios have beautiful sea views, and are situated in the main part of the Manor house.
· Not only was the curtain rung down but the opera house was dismantled.· They polished up the opera house, and every summer stars from the Metropolitan came out and performed.· She frequently appeared on the London stage and other leading opera houses, and sang with Paul Robeson at Caernarfon.· Look at the opera house and supertitles.· Once the best you could hope for was a 50-year-old prima ballerina who sometimes starred at the local opera house.· There was great resistance initially, but now almost every opera house uses them.· Mr Clinton was horribly late for a night at the Hanoi opera house, keeping everyone waiting.· By the mid-1880s Atchison had gas and electricity, a hospital, a good library, and an opera house.
· Despite these house price rises, housing conditions in Manchester remained poor with almost 30 percent lacking exclusive plumbing facilities.· For this reason fears have been expressed that rising house prices pose a major threat to price stability generally.· The allowance will be based on a payment of £100 for each £1000 of agreed house price difference.· Its special factors should be recognised and it should have a regional banding system more reflective of its house prices.· But until April, lower interest rates failed to offset the impact of the recession and house prices continued to fall.· Indeed, the financial institutions would be hit by a continued slip in house prices.· The figures on relative shares then become highly variable, depending on factors such as share prices and house prices.· As long as house prices rise this will present no problem.
· If you bought mail order, then the first point of contact is the software house or importer concerned.· The goal is to have several hundred software houses rallied to the banner by the end of the year.· Second, software houses are happily riding the wave of innovation that the Internet has set off.· It is also contemplating tie-ups with software houses or large user organisations abroad.· Another 7 percent is contracted with independent software house, and computer makers provide the remaining 6 percent.· This exploratory project examines the marketing procedure undertaken by a number of software houses.· The advantage of working with a software house to design your own package is that the end product is tailor-made.· Sierra On-Line is a software house that is justly famous for its high-quality games.
VERB· So all you budding Fred Flintstones can now build a house for Wilma.· Still unsuccessful, they built and sold houses.· Their desire to keep rates down made them reluctant to build council houses.· Speedo Man is a very gifted woodworker who built his house from the ground up, she tells me.· Why is it the policy of the Government to build fewer houses?· A.. Try plumbing supply shops, hardware stores and building supply houses.· He was building this house and he did not know why.· One built a house of straw, one built a house of sticks, one built a house of bricks.
· He had bought a small house - a cottage really.· I need to buy a house, she writes to Rich.· He is buying a farm house along with several acres of ground, but the riding will be strictly for his children.· The couple worked hard, and managed to raise and educate three children and to buy a house.· Robert Maxwell bought the houses and some of the adjacent land in nineteen eighty eight.· His wife was pregnant, they were looking to buy a house, and he needed to make money.· Since buying the cottage, house prices had started on a steady descent.· And he wanted to buy the house because...
· His tough character keeps him in the house and looks forward to the awaiting adventure.· This is not the way I keep my house.· There is no doubt that she will be kept busy at her house in Elderslie with eight grand-children in her family.· Where keeping house and cooking were not female chores but simple tasks of pleasure and survival.· No, I shall keep the house exactly as it was; he'd want me to do that.· It was hard work keeping house.· She couldn't bear things like Anna refusing to keep house or giving any pleasure to herself.
· It also asks about their work, their educational qualifications, and whether they have moved house in recent years.· He recently moved from his house near Ina and Shannon to one near his store.· I spoke to a middle-aged woman in Sunderland who moved into her council house when it was new thirty years ago.· On the first of September we moved into our new house.· Her round of days seemed to me to be a drone-like existence, moving from house to compound, compound to house.· Then he moved to a half way house for gay alcoholics.· You've moved house and now live in an area away from your family and old friends.· They moved into the three-bedroom house in February of that year and said they have enjoyed every day since.
· He owned half the houses in Page Street as well as his flourishing transport concern.· He and his wife own a showcase house in the Armory Park neighborhood.· And this pillock that owned the house later painted over it with emulsion.· Meanwhile, the family owning the house cooked food and prepared drinks for all the people working.· The church once owned the house on Greenfield Drive where Pimentel and his wife, Evelyn, live with their son.· I've never owned a house.· I wonder if the guy who owns the house films what goes on there with hidden cameras.
· It was something connected with three students who rented their house some years ago.· He and Maria rented a small house.· Farrelly rented a house nearby and she would play truant, hitching the eight miles there to rehearse.· Sadly, they were forced to rent their dream house to tenants for the $ 25 monthly mortgage.· I was under the impression that people who rented council houses would have to pay the new council tax in addition to their rents.· One of my busboys commutes from a rented house in Fairfield.· Covers both the private and social rented sectors and considers rent levels, rent patterns, house prices and rates of return.· He had been trying to rent his houses, but with-out success.
· I ran out of the house immediately and came to London to ask for your help.· I seen blood, and with his screaming, I panicked and ran straight to our house.· The local sea's bare running up to the house tufting its waves with red seaweed spread against a Hebridean noon.· The day ticked by slowly and finally I was out on the street, running toward the Trowbridge house.· The cavalry officer pushed a hand through his long golden hair as he ran up the house steps.· Diana Macias, then 15, recounted later how she ran through her smoke-filled house trying to find a way out.· As soon as the doctor arrived, he ran breathlessly into the house and burst into the room without knocking.· I ran out of the house, car keys in my hand.
· Hay, who shared Bryan's house in Fulham, south London, always forgave him.· We shared this house all the years of my childhood, and a good many summers afterward.· Also sharing the house, a fox terrier called Leo.· There they shared a house sheltered by love.· A proper rented room in a shared house in Chiswick.· She had wanted to share the house for, after all, history belongs to everybody.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► in house► the house► get on/along like a house on fire► House► hen house/coach house/storehouse etcPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► feng shui a room/house etc► from place to place/house to house etc► people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones► have your hair cut/your house painted etc► job-hunting/house-hunting/flat-hunting► house/flat with vacant possession
1where someone lives [countable] a)a building that someone lives in, especially one that has more than one level and is intended to be used by one family: - But Apple first must get its house in order.
- Commissioners are satisfied with the progress it is making to put its house in order.
- Following numerous complaints the Vicar of Woodford has been told to put his house in order.
- Henry had set his house in order but had no thoughts about setting off on crusade.
- Others have called on the council to step in and tell the firm to put its house in order.
- The Law Society no longer can support equally those who have put their house in order and those who have not.
- Sinatra brought the house down when he sang "New York, New York."
- She nearly brought the house down when I scrounged another biscuit and put her through her repertoire of tricks.
- The Great One almost brought the house down in his return to Southern California.
- This comeback brought the house down.
- Topping the bill was Dangerous Dan the fire eater, but it was the finish that brought the house down.
- On New Year's Eve, he offered a glass of champagne to everyone, on the house.
- The owner let us have the first bottle of wine on the house.
- First drink is on the house.
- A house wine is on offer, or you can bring your own.
- As the economy boomed, champagne boomed with it, becoming the house wine of the upwardly mobile.
- Dinner, cocktails and house wine came to £81 for four.
- Expected demand in terms of our current Cheshire Restaurants menu is as follows: Currently house wine costs £1.88 and sells at £3.50.
- Extensive range of house wines and champagne, whiskies and draught beers.
- For five nights the hotel also offer a bottle of house wine per couple.
- The university also has a good wine list to complement its food, from a reasonable house wine to more quality vintages.
- He rarely left the Brooklyn apartment where he had set up house.
- Her parents were very upset when she set up house with her boyfriend.
- They first set up house together in Atlanta and moved to Miami three years later.
- And he set up house for her in a bungalow further along the river, in a nice secluded part.
- Diana and I were soon to set up house in Shepherd's Bush and our fortunes were inextricable for the next decade.
- He had even established a system for sending money home to their families once they had set up house in this country.
- I have to save enough money to set up house.
- The two new Mr and Mrs Kim-Soons set up house next door.
- They set up house in No. 93, which was now to let.
- Owen's wife, Lauren, keeps house and looks after the children.
- For many years thereafter he stayed at home and kept house while she supported them financially.
- It must have seemed strange to have found herself keeping house for my grandfather and his daughters.
- It was hard work keeping house.
- Low inflation that keeps house prices from appreciating and high interest rates were blamed.
- She couldn't bear things like Anna refusing to keep house or giving any pleasure to herself.
- She enjoyed doing things like that far more than keeping house.
- There had been no mention of Alice going out there to keep house for him.
- Where keeping house and cooking were not female chores but simple tasks of pleasure and survival.
- But there are legitimate houses of worship here that welcome any serious couple who want to exchange vows before family and friends.
- If man is made of clay, why not his houses of worship?
- It is not a lack of money that keeps parishioners from expanding the historic house of worship.
- No house of worship nor community center should be bereft of personnel or equipment for such education.
- The area also has many historical houses of worship, which can be toured.
- The Civil War almost devastated these little Baptist houses of worship.
- They had no temples or houses of worship.
- Even places, especially this house whose air is thick with the past.
- He was born in this house, third room on the end, 75 years ago this July.
- If this house were a score it would sing of all that is best in modern music.
- Leave this house on the instant!
- Most of this house was here when my father came in 1911.
- Mostly, I am to tend to this house.
- The gallery on this house on Church Hill was probably part of larger farm buildings facing the meadows.
- You see, this house is mine now.
- A belligerent crowd of some fifty thousand gathered around the court house.
- Not only was the curtain rung down but the opera house was dismantled.
- She prefers her recordings made live in the opera house and regards herself totally as a woman of the theatre.
- The Court House, where the business was conducted, can still be seen today.
- Then he opened a movie house and said he was definitely done with pro basketball.
- There are two public houses, a butcher's shop, a chapel, and a court house.
- They grew wealthy overnight and had a beautiful little opera house built in the midst of their shacks on the steep slope.
- They polished up the opera house, and every summer stars from the Metropolitan came out and performed.
- Adler Coleman, a clearing company for about 40 brokerage firms, files for bankruptcy protection.
- Also, many foreign-exchange brokerage firms closed at noon.
- Because she has a substantial portfolio, she should be able to seek this out at any full-service brokerage firm.
- Computer and semiconductor stocks slid as three brokerage firms downgraded earnings estimates for Dell Computer.
- Of course, there is intense competition among the London brokerage houses to signal their bids as fast as possible.
- The authority said the banks and brokerage firms eliminated or are resolving the problems.
- A palace, Carolyn told herself, a dream house.
- But just a couple of days after they moved into their dream home in Quedgeley, it was stolen and torched.
- Cracking up ... the dream home that's become a couple's nightmare.
- Finally, my family had a dream home and I had my own room with a view of Mount Fuji.
- It was all preparation for her dream job: a foreign correspondent, roaming the world in a trench coat.
- John Combes and his wife lived out their lives in their dream house, and their children stayed here until the 1760s.
- Sadly, they were forced to rent their dream house to tenants for the $ 25 monthly mortgage.
- There wasn't by a dry eye in the house after Marvin finished his graduation speech.
- Our sixteen-year-old is eating us out of house and home.
- He, he was under house arrest.
- The editor of the party newspaper is under house arrest for printing a report about tanks being moved out of Tirana.
- We are not in darkest prison like our brothers and sisters in the flesh, but we are under house arrest.
- Another was a newcomer to our church and to our city, doing an Edinburgh house-to-house collection for the first time.
- It was Major Volpi who had been given responsibility for putting up road-blocks and carrying out house-to-house searches.
- Officers would also be making house-to-house inquiries, said a Hertfordshire Police spokesman.
- Peacekeeping troops set up road blocks and conducted house-to-house searches.
- Road blocks were set up and a helicopter brought in from Manchester as police began house-to-house inquiries.
- Some 200 militants were arrested in house-to-house searches beginning on April 13.
- The street collection raised £255.41 and the house-to-house collection realised £2,928.
- We will be making street and house-to-house collections during Battle of Britain Week.
- And the lady of the house hugs you and laughs, and takes you to the sea to wash your face.
- Here again the lady of the house was so kind and resourceful.
- I don't know what he said to the lady of the house, but we were not invited to return.
- Then the lady of the house calls them to come and eat, and the sad little performance ends.
- But even when the man of the house was around, she was head of the household and determined all our fortunes.
- Ed, who lives in rented accommodation, plans to use the money as a down-payment on a house.
- Many are trapped in the inner cores because of the unavailability of rented housing beyond the cities.
- Many potential homeowners decided to sit out the recession in rented accommodation, leaving their money in high-earning accounts.
- The group will also recommend improved access to private rented accommodation through rent deposit schemes.
- The report points out that the idea of local housing companies as landlord bodies for social rented housing originated in Glasgow.
- They remain very vulnerable in privately rented accommodation as they can often be ignorant of their rights.
- This would apply to rented accommodation, council houses, etc.
- Those in public and privately rented housing do not obtain the same sense of personal identity.
- All the costs of getting a mortgage, moving and setting up home can run into thousands.
- And he set up house for her in a bungalow further along the river, in a nice secluded part.
- Desmond Wilcox was a grown man when he chose to leave his wife and children and set up home with Esther.
- Nor do I think that it is disgraceful if two men of a loving disposition should set up home together.
- The two new Mr and Mrs Kim-Soons set up house next door.
- These nests will shortly be visited by the female in whose larger territory the various males have set up home.
- Thousands of them have set up home in the eaves of this house in Banbury.
- Why not just leave - set up home in a more tolerant spiritual pew?
- In the wall both houses shared there was a little chink.
- Many brokerage house shares were also lower.
- The facility also houses shared and dedicated web hosting servers.
- A regional study of difficult-to-let sheltered accommodation for older people Falshaw, Richard.
- Apartments opened A £725,000 sheltered housing scheme for the elderly was officially opened in Irvinestown today.
- For example, little sheltered housing has been constructed for the old and disabled.
- Shortly after buying it, Denega was refused listed building consent to demolish the chapel and develop 21 sheltered accommodation units.
- The sheltered housing is close to local amenities to allow residents easy access to shops and other facilities.
- The issue is to decide the extent to which sufferers may be supported and maintained in sheltered housing.
- We have sheltered accommodation, with understanding professional staff, for blind men and women who are unable to look after themselves.
- With it went planning consent for the sheltered accommodation units.
a four-bedroom housein a house every room in the houseat somebody’s house We met at Alison’s house. Why don’t you all come over to our house for coffee?move house British English (=leave your house and go to live in another one) b) the house all the people who live in a house SYN household: He gets up at six and disturbs the whole house.► see thesaurus at home2building a)opera/court/movie etc house a large public building used for a particular purpose b)House British English used in the names of large buildings, especially offices: the BBC television studios at Broadcasting House c)hen house/coach house/storehouse etc a building used for a particular purpose3government [countable] a group of people who make the laws of a country: The president will address both houses of Congress.the House of Commons/Lords/Representatives/Assembly the Speaker of the House → Lower House, Upper House4company [countable] a company, especially one involved in a particular area of business: America’s oldest publishing house a small independent software house an auction house a famous Italian fashion house5theatre [countable] a)the part of a theatre, cinema etc where people sit OPP backstage: The show has been playing to full houses. The house was half empty. The house lights went down and the music started. b)the people who have come to watch a performance SYN audiencefull/packed/empty house (=a large or small audience) The show has been playing to packed houses since it opened.6in house if you work in house, you work at the offices of a company or organization, not at home → in-house7put/set/get your (own) house in order used to say that someone should improve the way they behave before criticizing other people8 bring the house down to make a lot of people laugh, especially when you are acting in a theatre9be on the house if drinks or meals are on the house, you do not have to pay for them because they are provided free by the owner of the bar, restaurant etc10house wine (also house red/white) ordinary wine that is provided by a restaurant to be drunk with meals: A glass of house red, please.11get on/along like a house on fire British English informal to quickly have a very friendly relationship12set up house to start to live in a house, especially with another person: The two of them set up house in Brighton.13keep house to regularly do all the cleaning, cooking etc in a house: His daughter keeps house for him.14school [countable] British English in some schools, one of the groups that children of different ages are divided into to compete against each other, for example in sports competitions15royal family [countable] an important family, especially a royal family: the House of Windsor16music [uncountable] house music17house of God/worship literary a church18this house formal used to mean the people who are voting in a formal debate when you are stating the proposal that is being discussed → doll's house, → eat somebody out of house and home at eat(10), → open house, public house, → (as) safe as houses at safe1(4)COLLOCATIONSverbslive in a house· They live in a really big house in Hampstead.buy a house· We bought this house when Liam was just a baby.rent a house· While he was working in London, Ken rented a house in Fulham.sell a house· We decided to sell the house and move back to Seattle.put your house on the market (=make it available for people to buy)· They put the house on the market and began looking for an apartment.move into/out of a house· We’re moving into our new house next week.build a house· They’re building a house on land overlooking Galway Bay.put up a house (=build a house, especially when it seems very quick)· I think they’ve ruined the village by putting up these new houses.renovate a house (=repair a house so that it is in good condition again)· He makes money by renovating old houses and selling them on.decorate a house (=put paint or wallpaper on the inside walls of a house)· If we’re going to decorate the house, let’s get professionals in.do up a house informal (=decorate it)· We’ve been doing up the house bit by bit since we first moved in.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + housea private house (=one owned by someone)· It was a residential neighborhood of private houses.a rented house (=one owned by someone who rents it to people)· She shares a rented house with three other students.a council house British English (=one owned by a local council that people can rent cheaply)· The rent rise is a blow to council house tenants.a Georgian/Victorian/Edwardian etc house (=a house in Britain that was built during the reign of a particular king or queen)· They live in a lovely old Edwardian house with high ceilings.house + NOUNhouse prices· House prices have tripled over the last ten years.a house owner· All house owners must pay council tax.a house purchase· A solicitor can help you with the legal aspects of a house purchase.house hunting (=the activity of looking at houses that you might buy)· Have you had any success with your house hunting?THESAURUShouse a building that someone lives in, especially one that is intended for one family, person, or couple to live in: · Annie and Rick have just bought their first house.· The price of houses is going up all the time.detached house British English a house that is not joined to another house: · a detached four-bedroomed housesemi-detached house British English a house that is joined to another house on one sideterraced house British English, row house American English one of a row of houses that are joined togethertownhouse one of a row of houses that are joined together. In British English, townhouse is often used about a large and impressive house in a fashionable area of a city: · an 18th-century townhouse in Bathcottage a small house in the country – used especially about houses in the UK: · a little cottage in the country· a thatched cottage (=with a roof made of straw)bungalow a small house that is all on one level: · Bungalows are suitable for many elderly people.country house a large house in the countryside, especially one that is of historical interest: · The hotel was originally an Edwardian country house.mansion a very large house: · the family’s Beverly Hills mansionmobile home (also trailer American English) a type of house that can be pulled by a large vehicle and moved to another placeranch house American English a long narrow house that is all on one level: · a California ranch houseduplex American English a house that is divided into two separate homesan apartmentapartment especially American English , flat British English a set of rooms where someone lives that is part of a house or bigger building. In British English, people usually say flat. Apartment is used about large and expensive flats, or in advertisements: · His apartment is on the eighth floor.· In London, I shared a flat with some other students.condominium (also condo informal) American English one apartment in a building with several apartments, owned by the people who live in them: · a 10-unit condominium complexa group of housesdevelopment a group of new houses or other buildings that are all planned and built together on the same piece of land: · The site is to be used for a new housing development.estate British English an area where a large group of houses have all been built together at the same time: · She grew up on a council estate in Leeds.house1 nounhouse2 verb
househouse2 /haʊz/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLE
house
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | house |
| he, she, it | houses | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | housed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have housed |
| he, she, it | has housed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had housed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will house |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have housed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am housing |
| he, she, it | is housing | |
| you, we, they | are housing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was housing |
| you, we, they | were housing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been housing |
| he, she, it | has been housing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been housing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be housing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been housing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Last year, the Tri-City Homeless Coalition housed 800 people.
- The plush hotel once housed a casino and several restaurants.
- The refugees have been fed, clothed and housed by welfare organizations around the world.
- The High Synagogue now houses a textile museum and you may buy tickets here for all the museums in the ghetto.
Longman Language Activatordifferent types of house
a building for people to live in, that may have more than one level, and may either stand separately or be joined to other buildings: · Our house is the one with the red door.· I went over to Barbara's house after school.· The street was lined with identical red-brick houses.detached house British (=a house that is not joined to another house): · a detached house in Surreysemi-detached house British (=a house that is joined to another house on one side): · a three-bedroom semi-detached houseterraced houseBritish /row house American (=a house that is in a row of houses that are all joined together): · The street ran between rows of dingy terraced houses.
a small house, especially an old house in the country - use this especially about houses in the UK: · She lives in a charming cottage deep in the Kent countryside.· a row of thatched cottages in a rural village
a small house in which all the rooms are on the same level: · He and his wife lived in a modern bungalow on the outskirts of the city.
American a house in a group of houses that share one or more walls: · Old buildings were knocked down, and new apartments and townhouses built.
a very large and impressive house: · a magnificent mansion set in 2000 acres of countryside· an eleven-bedroom mansion in Hancock Park
different types of apartment especially American a set of rooms that are usually all on the same level and are part of a larger building: · They went back to her apartment for a cup of coffee.· There was no point in paying rent for an empty apartment.apartment building (=a building that has several apartments on each level): · Small apartment buildings filled with families line the street.high-rise apartment building (=a tall apartment building with many levels): · High-rise apartment buildings have gone up where once there was open land.
British a set of rooms that are usually all on the same level and are part of a larger building: · Stella and Keith moved into a cold, damp flat together.· a group of students in a shared flatblock of flats (=a building that consists of different levels and has several flats on each level): · Lisa lives on the nineteenth floor of a block of flats in London.
also condo informal American an apartment in a building that consists of several apartments, all of which are owned by the people who live in them: · He lives in a condo in San Jose.· They rent out their condominium to skiers during the winter.
a place for someone to live the houses, flats etc within a particular area that are available for or are provided for people to live in: · Most of the housing in the area is sub-standard and nothing is being done to improve it.· The council is making a great effort to provide cheap housing and more public facilities.
formal a place where people can live or stay, including houses, flats, hotels etc: · The holiday costs about £400 for a week's accommodation and flights.student/rented/holiday etc accommodation: · I've been looking in the newspapers for student accommodation but it's all so expensive.
a house, flat etc for people to live in - used especially in advertisements or to talk about large numbers of homes: · They want to build forty luxury homes on a disused railway site.· Between 1945 and 1970 the government built 110,000 new homes for low-paid workers.
a place where you can live - use this especially when this is difficult to get: · I'll stay at my grandmother's at first, until I find somewhere to live.· Students looking for somewhere to live can go the university accommodation service.
informal a place to live - use this especially when you are comparing this with the possibility of not having anywhere to live at all: · It doesn't matter what kind of place it is, at least you'll have a roof over your head.· It's hard to be cheerful when you haven't even got a roof over your head.
also housing estate British an area where houses have all been built together in a planned way: · Jane has her own house on a neat housing estate in the south-east.council estate (=an estate built by the local government, especially to be rented): · They live in a block of flats on a bleak council estate.
American informal a group of houses or apartments usually built with government money for poor people to rent: · Under this proposal, Federal money will no longer go to public housing projects but will go instead directly to the people.· Chicago's Cabrini Green housing project· She says she wants something better for her kids than what she had in the projects.
a group of new buildings that have all been planned and built together on the same piece of land: · New developments are springing up all around the town.
to provide someone with a place to live if an organization houses someone, it provides them with a home to live in: · The refugees have been fed, clothed and housed by welfare organizations around the world.
formal to provide someone with a place to live, especially someone who is away from their own home, for example a student: · Once you have been accepted at the university they promise to accommodate you in a dormitory.· Migrant workers are to be accommodated near the place where they work.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Billy Graham is a speaker who can be sure of playing to a full house. a haunted house a house-warming party Investors in the property market are worried about rising inflation. Each table will get a bottle of champagne on the house (=paid for by the restaurant, hotel etc). He kept open house for a wide range of artists and writers. We’re having an open house Sunday, noon to 5 pm. Outside, the children were playing cowboys and Indians. a new publishing house (=publishing company)
(=a company that arranges auctions)
(=a burning house/factory/car etc)· Three people were badly hurt in a house blaze.
(=a sudden increase in house prices)· People made a lot of money in the 1980s property boom.
· They live in a 17th-century farmhouse.
formal· The museum holds a comprehensive collection of photographs from that period.
(=for people to live in)· Architects designed the residential complexes near the beach.
British English (=when you change the use of a house, barn etc, so that it becomes apartments, a house, a room etc)
· The failure of the crop this year will create a food crisis.
British English (=a restaurant that serves curry)· Let’s try that new curry house in town.
(=the perfect one for you)· We can help you find the house of your dreams.
(=a company that produces new and expensive styles of clothes)· fashion houses such as Armani and Hugo Boss
(=a fire that starts inside a house)· Faulty electrical wiring is being blamed for a house fire.
Billy Graham is a speaker who can be sure of playing to a full house. (=someone who is staying in your house)· There was a constant stream of house guests at their country estate.
a haunted house a house-warming party· The damage may be covered by your house insurance.
· I’ve lost my house keys.
(=the key that opens a door/house/cupboard)· Has anyone seen the key to the garage door?
British English (=land where houses can be built)· The shortage of housing land is a problem in the south-east.
Investors in the property market are worried about rising inflation. (=someone you share a house, room etc with)
British English (=go to live in a different house) My parents kept moving house because of my dad’s job.
My parents kept moving house because of my dad’s job. Each table will get a bottle of champagne on the house (=paid for by the restaurant, hotel etc). He kept open house for a wide range of artists and writers. We’re having an open house Sunday, noon to 5 pm. (=a plant grown in a pot in the house)· These make excellent house plants.
Outside, the children were playing cowboys and Indians.· Our energy policies must put the environment first.
· A poor harvest led to higher food prices.
a new publishing house (=publishing company) British English (=be completely safe) Your money will be as safe as houses.
Your money will be as safe as houses. (=a search of every house or building in an area)· Police are conducting house-to-house searches in the area where the girl disappeared.
· The water shortage was reaching crisis proportions.
(=built in the style used in the Tudor period)
(=go to see a house etc that you are interested in buying)
(=ordinary wine that is used in restaurants, in contrast to wines that are sold by the bottle and have the label of a wine produce on them)· a glass of the house wine
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· Every building seems designed to house desks and computers.· By the early 1970s there were five buildings housing about thirty-five hundred men and women.· The building also houses the Regional Archives.· As for the library, the surviving books without a proper building to house them must have made a dismal appearance.· This was purpose-built as a corn mill, although Constance used part of the building to house his wood-turning business.· The new building will house its manufacturing, research, laboratory, sales, marketing and administration departments.· A massive, grey stone Victorian building, it housed over 1600 inmates, twice its allotted amount.· Public buildings such as libraries house less personal records in the form of newspapers, parliamentary accounts and other documents.
· The possibility of a new wing to house the future photographic collections is under discussion.· Railway enthusiasts will be interested in the Richard Guinness Hall which houses his magnificent collection of many prototypes of early railway engines.· The Bowes Museum at Barnard Castle houses an exquisite collection of objetsd'art.· For a short time in the 1920s this library housed the collections of the National Gallery.· Baron Ferdinand wanted to house his fine collections and have somewhere to entertain his guests.· Today the Gallery houses a fine collection of furniture and paintings.· More surprisingly, the Pitti Palace at Florence housed a collection of amber vessels, cabinets, figures, caskets and crucifixes.
· It was large enough to house his family of six, and three resident maids.
· The second floor also houses the museum of Contemporary Art.· Normally housed in a museum beneath the Kremlin Armory, they have never before traveled to the United States.· The High Synagogue now houses a textile museum and you may buy tickets here for all the museums in the ghetto.· The mill buildings house a museum of old implements and materials associated with corn production and milling.· The exploration company said artifacts recovered from the new expedition will be housed in a permanent museum and exhibited around the world.· After all, these mummies were housed in a museum in Ur mchi.· In Florence, for example, statues have been taken down and housed in museums with replicas being put in their place.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► feng shui a room/house etc► from place to place/house to house etc► people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones► have your hair cut/your house painted etc► job-hunting/house-hunting/flat-hunting► house/flat with vacant possession
1to provide someone with a place to livehouse in- Adler Coleman, a clearing company for about 40 brokerage firms, files for bankruptcy protection.
- Also, many foreign-exchange brokerage firms closed at noon.
- Because she has a substantial portfolio, she should be able to seek this out at any full-service brokerage firm.
- Computer and semiconductor stocks slid as three brokerage firms downgraded earnings estimates for Dell Computer.
- Of course, there is intense competition among the London brokerage houses to signal their bids as fast as possible.
- The authority said the banks and brokerage firms eliminated or are resolving the problems.
- A palace, Carolyn told herself, a dream house.
- But just a couple of days after they moved into their dream home in Quedgeley, it was stolen and torched.
- Cracking up ... the dream home that's become a couple's nightmare.
- Finally, my family had a dream home and I had my own room with a view of Mount Fuji.
- It was all preparation for her dream job: a foreign correspondent, roaming the world in a trench coat.
- John Combes and his wife lived out their lives in their dream house, and their children stayed here until the 1760s.
- Sadly, they were forced to rent their dream house to tenants for the $ 25 monthly mortgage.
- There wasn't by a dry eye in the house after Marvin finished his graduation speech.
- Our sixteen-year-old is eating us out of house and home.
- He, he was under house arrest.
- The editor of the party newspaper is under house arrest for printing a report about tanks being moved out of Tirana.
- We are not in darkest prison like our brothers and sisters in the flesh, but we are under house arrest.
- Another was a newcomer to our church and to our city, doing an Edinburgh house-to-house collection for the first time.
- It was Major Volpi who had been given responsibility for putting up road-blocks and carrying out house-to-house searches.
- Officers would also be making house-to-house inquiries, said a Hertfordshire Police spokesman.
- Peacekeeping troops set up road blocks and conducted house-to-house searches.
- Road blocks were set up and a helicopter brought in from Manchester as police began house-to-house inquiries.
- Some 200 militants were arrested in house-to-house searches beginning on April 13.
- The street collection raised £255.41 and the house-to-house collection realised £2,928.
- We will be making street and house-to-house collections during Battle of Britain Week.
- And the lady of the house hugs you and laughs, and takes you to the sea to wash your face.
- Here again the lady of the house was so kind and resourceful.
- I don't know what he said to the lady of the house, but we were not invited to return.
- Then the lady of the house calls them to come and eat, and the sad little performance ends.
- But even when the man of the house was around, she was head of the household and determined all our fortunes.
- Ed, who lives in rented accommodation, plans to use the money as a down-payment on a house.
- Many are trapped in the inner cores because of the unavailability of rented housing beyond the cities.
- Many potential homeowners decided to sit out the recession in rented accommodation, leaving their money in high-earning accounts.
- The group will also recommend improved access to private rented accommodation through rent deposit schemes.
- The report points out that the idea of local housing companies as landlord bodies for social rented housing originated in Glasgow.
- They remain very vulnerable in privately rented accommodation as they can often be ignorant of their rights.
- This would apply to rented accommodation, council houses, etc.
- Those in public and privately rented housing do not obtain the same sense of personal identity.
- All the costs of getting a mortgage, moving and setting up home can run into thousands.
- And he set up house for her in a bungalow further along the river, in a nice secluded part.
- Desmond Wilcox was a grown man when he chose to leave his wife and children and set up home with Esther.
- Nor do I think that it is disgraceful if two men of a loving disposition should set up home together.
- The two new Mr and Mrs Kim-Soons set up house next door.
- These nests will shortly be visited by the female in whose larger territory the various males have set up home.
- Thousands of them have set up home in the eaves of this house in Banbury.
- Why not just leave - set up home in a more tolerant spiritual pew?
- In the wall both houses shared there was a little chink.
- Many brokerage house shares were also lower.
- The facility also houses shared and dedicated web hosting servers.
- A regional study of difficult-to-let sheltered accommodation for older people Falshaw, Richard.
- Apartments opened A £725,000 sheltered housing scheme for the elderly was officially opened in Irvinestown today.
- For example, little sheltered housing has been constructed for the old and disabled.
- Shortly after buying it, Denega was refused listed building consent to demolish the chapel and develop 21 sheltered accommodation units.
- The sheltered housing is close to local amenities to allow residents easy access to shops and other facilities.
- The issue is to decide the extent to which sufferers may be supported and maintained in sheltered housing.
- We have sheltered accommodation, with understanding professional staff, for blind men and women who are unable to look after themselves.
- With it went planning consent for the sheltered accommodation units.
The refugees are being housed in temporary accommodation.2if a building, place, or container houses something, it is kept therehouse in The collection is currently housed in the British Museum. the plastic case that houses the batteries