Found 2 items, similar to lodgment.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: lodgment 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Lodgment Lodgment \Lodg"ment\, n. [Written also lodgement.] [Cf. F. logement. See Lodge, v.] 1. The act of lodging, or the state of being lodged. [1913 Webster] Any particle which is of size enough to make a lodgment afterwards in the small arteries. --Paley. [1913 Webster] 2. A lodging place; a room. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 3. An accumulation or collection of something deposited in a place or remaining at rest. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]