Definition of "lodgment" in English

noun

1. An area used for lodging; a place in which a person or thing is or can be lodged.

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2. The condition of being lodged.

3. The act of lodging or depositing.

   • 2013, Pat J. Barrett, Summary Judgment in Ireland: Principles and Defences, Bloomsbury Professional, section 1.101, https://books.google.ca/books?id=M-yVAgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false The court may also decide to grant leave to defend, or to grant a stay on an order for judgment, conditional upon a cash lodgment being made by the defendant.

4. (military, historical) The occupation of a position by a besieging party, and the works thrown up to maintain it.