noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
take
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A woman who offers hospitality to guests is more honourable than one who has to take in lodgers for a fee.
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He made a good living, and seemed resentful of his wife's decision to take in a lodger .
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Deborah had taken a lodger the moment she found her place.
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Others used their empty houses to run a corner shop or to take in lodgers , sometimes both together.
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It's possible to offset the costs and expenses of taking a lodger against the rent you receive.
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Then taking in a lodger or renting out a room may be the answer.
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The right to take in lodgers .
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I shall take one or two lodgers , perhaps a second maid to help Lucy with the linen.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Are you still looking for a lodger ?
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If you're having trouble paying your mortgage, consider taking in a lodger or at least renting out a room.
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This young lady's our new lodger .
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We had lodgers all through the war, most of them evacuees.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And I've got a lodger .
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Deborah had taken a lodger the moment she found her place.
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He did not expect the lodger to return.
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I hope that you are well, and taking care of yourself, and that the lodgers are agreeable.
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In contrast the relationships of landlady and lodger , landlord and tenant may have this component.
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Nor did she know if there should be some legal document setting out the terms upon which landladies and lodgers agreed.