room and board
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Noun
- A place of lodging with daily meals, usually provided in return for rent or other considerations.
- Synonym: board and lodging
- Coordinate term: bed and breakfast
- 1902, Edward Stratemeyer, chapter 2, in The Young Bridge-Tender:
- In return for the work Sanderson was allowed an attic room and board at the Nelson cottage.
- 2007 January 11, Michael Lindenberger, “Colleges Boost Aid to Poor Students”, in Time:
- Louisville is joining more than two dozen other schools that have begun promising a free education—books, tuition, and room and board—to students from poor families.
Related terms
Translations
place for lodging with daily meals — see also board and lodging
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