HOUSING
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housing — hous‧ing [ˈhaʊzɪŋ] noun 1. [uncountable] PROPERTY the houses or conditions that people live in: • the link between poor housing and health • The smartest new housing developments in Malaysia often come with golf courses attached. • Falling prices … Financial and business terms
housing — Housing in Britain has increasingly been dominated by one type, the owner occupied, single family dwelling in a suburb, in marked contrast to practice elsewhere in Europe. It is not however the only form of British housing, and emphasizing it… … Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture
housing — Housing in Spain runs the entire gamut of housing types, from the rudimentary shacks of the shanty towns to opulent detached villas located on the outskirts of towns, or in prestigious suburbs like the nineteenth century Salamanca district of… … Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture
housing — housing1 [hou′ziŋ] n. [ME husing] 1. the act of providing shelter or lodging 2. shelter or lodging; accommodation in houses, apartments, etc.: often used attributively [the housing problem] 3. houses collectively 4. a shelter; covering 5 … English World dictionary
Housing — can be:* To do with dwellings and houses ** A shortened version of the United States Federal Housing Administration * An enclosure containing some equipment or mechanism … Wikipedia
Housing — bezeichnet: Serverhousing, die Unterbringung und Netzanbindung eines Servers in einem Rechenzentrum Housing (MMORPG), Zonen in einem Computerspiel, in denen Spieler oder Gilden Häuser bauen oder beziehen können Diese Seite ist eine… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Housing — Hous ing, n. [From {House}. In some of its senses this word has been confused with the following word.] 1. The act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of dwelling in a habitation. [1913 Webster] 2. That which shelters or covers;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Housing — Hous ing, n. [From {Houss}.] 1. A cover or cloth for a horse s saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings. [1913 Webster] 2. An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
housing — index development (building), habitation (dwelling place), lodging, residence Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Housing — [dt. »(Bereitstellen einer) Behausung«], Webspace … Universal-Lexikon
housing — [n] place of accommodation construction, digs*, dwelling, habitation, home, house, lodgment, quarter, quarterage, residence, roof, shelter, sheltering, stopping place; concepts 388,516 … New thesaurus
