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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lodgment  \Lodg"ment\,  n.  [Written  also  {lodgement}.]  [Cf.  F. 
  logement.  See  {Lodge},  v.] 
  1.  The  act  of  lodging,  or  the  state  of  being  lodged. 
 
  Any  particle  which  is  of  size  enough  to  make  a 
  lodgment  afterwards  in  the  small  arteries.  --Paley. 
 
  2.  A  lodging  place  a  room  [Obs.] 
 
  3.  An  accumulation  or  collection  of  something  deposited  in  a 
  place  or  remaining  at  rest. 
 
  4.  (Mil.)  The  occupation  and  holding  of  a  position,  as  by  a 
  besieging  party;  an  instrument  thrown  up  in  a  captured 
  position;  as  to  effect  a  lodgment. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  lodgment 
  n  1:  bringing  a  charge  or  accusation  against  someone  [syn:  {lodgement}] 
  2:  the  state  or  quality  of  being  lodged  or  fixed  even 
  temporarily:  "the  lodgment  of  the  balloon  in  the  tree" 
  [syn:  {lodgement},  {lodging}] 




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