housing

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You've been posted to man it, and now live with your family in a government housing estate.

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structures collectively in which people are housed

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of housing gathered in one view.

noun

structures collectively in which people are housed

noun

a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component

noun

stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for housing.

noun

structures collectively in which people are housed

noun

a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component

noun

stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse

Example sentences

You've been posted to man it, and now live with your family in a government housing estate.

A lot of basic stuff like food, transportation, housing are really expensive in Switzerland.

In the 2000s as the housing market was exploding, people who had lived in this older city suddenly found out their houses had doubled in value.

He says the company has offered to assist financially, find new housing for the host, and anything else she can think of to make her life easier.

The only thing propping up these insane prices is the scarcity induced by the current bubble in the foreign investment housing market.

It looks like it has been growing rapidly in recent years for some of the same reasons that Spain looked like it was growing rapidly a decade ago--a housing bubble.

In the decades since, our demographic has diversified thus this type of housing stock, financing infrastructure and policies no longer fit our needs.

I suppose Katrina was similar with the temporary housing situation, but in this case we are talking a flimsy bamboo / wooden structure with plastic tarps on the sides.

"Sadly the US ends up putting a very large percentage of its poor population in prisons and has relocated many to horrific housing projects, where the violence and horrors are contained away from view.