domicile
noun /ˈdɒmɪsaɪl/
/ˈdɑːmɪsaɪl/, /ˈdəʊmɪsaɪl/
- (formal or law) the country that a person treats as their permanent home, or lives in and has a strong connection with
- The place of domicile must be listed on the travel expense report.
- Your wife will be unable to acquire a domicile in Britain until she takes up residence there.
- (especially North American English, formal) a person's home
- They were domiciles where families had gathered to share their love and lives with one another.
- (formal or law) the place where a company is registered for tax purposes
- The company registered its tax domicile in Madeira.
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin domicilium ‘dwelling’, from domus ‘home’.