What is the meaning of lodging?

noun

• Structures collectively in which people are housed.
  • synonyms: housing, living accommodations
• The state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily.
  • usage: "the lodgment of the balloon in the tree"
  • synonyms: lodgment, lodgement
• The act of lodging.

verb

• Be a lodger; stay temporarily.
  • usage: "Where are you lodging in Paris"
  • synonyms: lodge
• Put, fix, force, or implant.
  • usage: "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack"
  • synonyms: lodge, wedge, stick, deposit
• File a formal charge against.
  • usage: "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"
  • synonyms: charge, lodge, file
• Provide housing for.
  • usage: "We are lodging three foreign students this semester"
  • synonyms: lodge, accommodate