The meaning of Billeting

Billeting – definition

verb
Lodge (soldiers) in a particular place, especially a civilian's house.
Usage examples:
Most of the army was billeted within the town
Synonims:
Accommodate Quarter Put up Lodge House Station Garrison

noun
A place, especially a civilian's house, where soldiers are lodged temporarily.
Usage examples:
The sergeant gave them leave to rest while officers went in search of billets

noun
A thick piece of wood.
Usage examples:
Tucker refused the original proposal to buy the european company's bats, instead working out a deal…

noun
Each of a series of short cylindrical pieces inserted at intervals in norman decorative mouldings.
Usage examples:
The nine windows extending out from the roof directly below the ridge recalled the roof billets per…

noun
A rectangle placed vertically as a charge.
Usage examples:
Period armory seems to have considered the billet equivalent to the delf and no difference is grant…

Billeting translation into English

Billeting: translate from English into Chinese

开票

Billeting: translate from English into Dutch

Inkwartiering, Inkwartieren

Billeting: translate from English into French

Cantonnement

Billeting: translate from English into German

Einquartierung

Billeting: translate from English into Hindi

बिलेटिंग, फौजों को घर देना

Billeting: translate from English into Italian

Fatturazione

Billeting: translate from English into Korean

청구서 작성, 숙사를 배정하다

Billeting: translate from English into Russian

Расквартирование, Расквартировывать

Billeting: translate from English into Spanish

Alojamiento, Alojar

Word origin

late Middle English (originally denoting a short written document): from Anglo-Norman French billette, diminutive of bille (see bill1). The verb is recorded in the late 16th century, and the

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Billeting – similar words

billeted

verb
Lodge (soldiers) in a particular place, especially a civilian's house.
Usage examples:
Most of the army was billeted within the town

noun
A place, especially a civilian's house, where soldiers are lodged temporarily.
Usage examples:
The sergeant gave them leave to rest while officers went in search of billets

noun
A thick piece of wood.
Usage examples:
Tucker refused the original proposal to buy the european company's bats, instead working out a deal…

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billet

noun
A place, especially a civilian's house, where soldiers are lodged temporarily.
Usage examples:
The sergeant gave them leave to rest while officers went in search of billets

verb
Lodge (soldiers) in a particular place, especially a civilian's house.
Usage examples:
Most of the army was billeted within the town

noun
A thick piece of wood.
Usage examples:
Tucker refused the original proposal to buy the european company's bats, instead working out a deal…

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Billeting synonims

accommodate

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…

All meanings and translations of Accommodate

garrison

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

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house

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

All meanings and translations of House

lodge

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…

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quarter

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

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station

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…

All meanings and translations of Station

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