room and board

English

Noun

room and board (uncountable)

1. A place of lodging with daily meals (board), usually provided in return for rent or other considerations.

   Synonym: board and lodging

   Coordinate term: bed and breakfast

   • 1902, Edward Stratemeyer, chapter 2, in The Young Bridge-Tender:

     In return for the work Sanderson was allowed an attic room and board at the Nelson cottage.

   • 2007 January 11, Michael Lindenberger, “Colleges Boost Aid to Poor Students”, in Time:

     Louisville is joining more than two dozen other schools that have begun promising a free education—books, tuition, and room and board—to students from poor families.

Related terms

• hot bed
• rooming house
• roommate

Translations

place for lodging with daily meals — see also board and lodging

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 膳宿 (zh) (shànsù), 食宿 (zh) (shísù)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: kamer met volpension f
• Finnish: täysihoitola
• Latin: parocha f
• Plautdietsch: Kost f
• Spanish: alojamiento y comida, interno (es) m, interna (es) f
• Swedish: kost och logi (sv)