LODGEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lodgement mean? 

• LODGEMENT (noun)
  The noun LODGEMENT has 2 senses:

1. bringing a charge or accusation against someone

2. the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily

  Familiarity information: LODGEMENT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LODGEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bringing a charge or accusation against someone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

lodgement; lodgment

Hypernyms ("lodgement" is a kind of...):

allegation ((law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law))

Derivation:

lodge (file a formal charge against)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

lodgement; lodging; lodgment

Context example:

the lodgment of the balloon in the tree

Hypernyms ("lodgement" is a kind of...):

fastness; fixedness; fixity; fixture; secureness (the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment)

Derivation:

lodge (put, fix, force, or implant)