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English Dictionary: Lodgement by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lodgement
n
  1. bringing a charge or accusation against someone [syn: lodgment, lodgement]
  2. the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily; "the lodgment of the balloon in the tree"
    Synonym(s): lodgment, lodgement, lodging
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lodgement \Lodge"ment\, n.
      See {Lodgment}.
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