board and lodgingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌbɔːd ən ˈlɒdʒ.ɪŋ/us/ˌbɔːrd ən ˈlɑː.dʒɪŋ/UK UK also bed and board, US room and boardthe meals and room that are provided when someone pays to stay somewhere, for example when working or studying away from home
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Accommodating people
- accommodate
- billet
- board
- boarding and lodging
- camp
- fooding and lodging
- full board
- half board
- house
- institutionalize
- put
- put sb away
- put sb up
- quarter
- rehouse
- resettle
- room and board
- settle
- sleep
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Examples from literature
- Board and lodging and thirty pounds a year.
- Couriers do not have to pay any board and lodging.
- My salary was fifty pounds per annum, with board and lodging.
- The wage is small but board and lodging, such as the latter is, are furnished.
- They are paid every Saturday, like regular laborers, and out of the money they earn, they pay for their board and lodging through the week.