The meaning of Billet

verb

(of a building or other area) provide lodging or sufficient space for.

Usage examples:

The cottages accommodate up to six people

verb

To provide space or a place for a group

Usage examples:

The new dormitory will be able to accommodate an additional 200 students., we certainly try to acco…

verb

To have or provide the space that someone or something needs

Usage examples:

The centre can accommodate up to 220 students., the airport simply doesn't have enough room to acco…

noun

A room, group of rooms, or building in which someone may live or stay.

Usage examples:

They were living in temporary accommodation

noun

A place in which to live, work, stay, etc.

Usage examples:

The cost, including flights, accommodation, and meals, was €100,000., temporary accommodation, luxu…

verb

Provide (soldiers) with accommodation in a building or set of buildings.

Usage examples:

The granary in which the platoons were barracked

verb

Jeer loudly at (someone performing or speaking in public) in order to express disapproval or to distract them.

Usage examples:

Opponents barracked him when he addressed the opening parliamentary session

plural noun

A large building or group of buildings used to house soldiers.

Usage examples:

The troops were ordered back to barracks

noun

A military garrison or camp.

Usage examples:

Like delhi, almost all big indian cities have inherited cantonments, the colonial military stations.

noun

A small, temporary building for housing a garrison of troops.

Usage examples:

In the opening pages we learn that fencing instruction was obligatory and free in the military, and…

noun

A group of troops stationed in a fortress or town to defend it.

Usage examples:

The entire garrison was mustered on the parade ground

verb

Provide (a place) with a group of troops.

Usage examples:

Air reconnaissance showed the germans had not garrisoned the island

noun

A group of soldiers living in or defending a town or building, or the buildings that the soldiers live in

noun

A building for human habitation, especially one that consists of a ground floor and one or more upper storeys.

Usage examples:

My wife and i are moving to a new house

verb

Old-fashioned term for bingo.

A dwelling that serves as living quarters for a family

noun

Houses and flats considered collectively.

Usage examples:

A housing development

noun

A cloth covering put on a horse for protection or ornament.

Usage examples:

Outside there would be gorgeously caparisoned elephants and horses with rich housings, palanquins a…

verb

Provide with shelter or accommodation.

Usage examples:

They converted a disused cinema to house twelve employees

noun

A small house at the gates of a park or in the grounds of a large house, occupied by a gatekeeper, gardener, or other employee.

Usage examples:

The house, the entrance lodge and garden of just over an acre comprise lot one.

verb

Present (a complaint, appeal, claim, etc.) formally to the proper authorities.

Usage examples:

He has 28 days in which to lodge an appeal

verb

To become fixed or cause something to become fixed in a place or position

Usage examples:

[ i ] a fish bone had lodged in her throat., [ t ] the explosion lodged some metal fragments in his…

noun

Temporary accommodation.

Usage examples:

A fee for board and lodging

verb

Present (a complaint, appeal, claim, etc.) formally to the proper authorities.

Usage examples:

He has 28 days in which to lodge an appeal

noun

A place someone pays to stay in while they are away from home

Usage examples:

She was able to claim expenses for airfare, food, and lodging for three nights.

noun

Each of four equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided.

Usage examples:

She cut each apple into quarters

verb

Divide into four equal or corresponding parts.

Usage examples:

Peel and quarter the bananas

noun

Each of four equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided.

Usage examples:

She cut each apple into quarters

verb

Divide into four equal or corresponding parts.

Usage examples:

Peel and quarter the bananas

plural noun

A place where someone lives or has a business

Usage examples:

In 1998 he moved his company to larger quarters on state street.

noun

Space that can be occupied or where something can be done.

Usage examples:

There's only room for a single bed in there

verb

Share a room, house, or flat, especially a rented one at a college or similar institution.

Usage examples:

I was rooming with my cousin

noun

A place on a railway line where trains regularly stop so that passengers can get on or off.

Usage examples:

We walked back to the station and caught the train back to brussels

verb

Short for stations of the cross.

noun

A building or buildings and the surrounding area where a particular service or activity takes place

Usage examples:

A train/bus station, a gas station, a police/fire station, at our house in the mountains we only ge…