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hous·ing 1
(hou′zĭng)n.
1.
a. Buildings or other shelters in which people live: a shortage of housing in the city.
b. A place to live; a dwelling: She came to college early to look for housing.
2. Provision of lodging or shelter: the housing of refugees; a contract that includes housing.
3. Something that covers, protects, or supports, especially:
a. A frame, bracket, or box for holding or protecting a mechanical part: a wheel housing.
b. An enclosing frame in which a shaft revolves.
4. A hole, groove, or slot in a piece of wood into which another piece is inserted.
5. A niche for a statue.
6. Nautical
a. The part of a mast that is below deck.
b. The part of a bowsprit that is inside the hull.
hous·ing 2
(hou′zĭng)n.
1. An ornamental or protective covering for a saddle.
2. often housings Trappings for a horse.
[From Middle English house, from Old French houce, from Medieval Latin hucia, hulcia, hultia, protective covering, of Germanic origin; see kel- in Indo-European roots.]
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housing
(ˈhaʊzɪŋ)n
1.
a. houses or dwellings collectively
b. (as modifier): a housing problem.
2. the act of providing with accommodation
3. (Building) a hole, recess, groove, or slot made in one wooden member to receive another
4. (Mechanical Engineering) a part designed to shelter, cover, contain, or support a component, such as a bearing, or a mechanism, such as a pump or wheel: a bearing housing; a motor housing; a wheel housing.
5. (Nautical Terms) another word for houseline
housing
(ˈhaʊzɪŋ)n
(often plural) archaic another word for trappings2
[C14: from Old French houce covering, of Germanic origin]
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hous•ing1
(ˈhaʊ zɪŋ)n.
1. any shelter, lodging, or dwelling place.
2. houses collectively.
3. the providing of houses or shelter.
4. anything that covers or protects; casing.
5. a fully enclosed case and support for a mechanism.
6. the space made in one piece of wood, or the like, for the insertion of another.
7. Naut.
a. the portion of a mast below the deck.
b. the portion of a bowsprit aft of the forward part of the stem of a vessel.
8. a niche for a statue.
[1250–1300]
hous•ing2
(ˈhaʊ zɪŋ)n.
caparison (def. 1).
[1635–45; compare earlier house, Middle English hous(e),houc(e) < Germanic *hulfti-, Middle High German hulft covering; -ing1 by association with house, housing1]
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| Noun | 1. |  housing - structures collectively in which people are housedbillet - lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home) block - housing in a large building that is divided into separate units; "there is a block of classrooms in the west wing" camp - temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers; "level ground is best for parking and camp areas" condominium - housing consisting of a complex of dwelling units (as an apartment house) in which each unit is individually owned dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home, abode, domicile - housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" hospice - a lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic order) student lodging, youth hostel, hostel - inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips) living quarters, quarters - housing available for people to live in; "he found quarters for his family"; "I visited his bachelor quarters" manufactured home, mobile home - a large house trailer that can be connected to utilities and can be parked in one place and used as permanent housing pied-a-terre - lodging for occasional or secondary use; "they bought a pied-a-terre in London" quartering - living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel) rattrap - filthy run-down dilapidated housing shelter - temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" tract housing - housing consisting of similar houses constructed together on a tract of land |
| 2. | housing - a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component binnacle - a nonmagnetic housing for a ship's compass (usually in front of the helm) crankcase - housing for a crankshaft distributor housing - the housing that supports the distributor cam journal box - metal housing for a journal bearing protective cover, protective covering, protection - a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury; "they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided protection for the floors" radar dome, radome - a housing for a radar antenna; transparent to radio waves | |
| 3. |  housing - stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorsebard - an ornamental caparison for a horse horsecloth - a cloth for the trapping of a horse |
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housing
noun
1. accommodation, homes, houses, dwellings, domiciles a shortage of affordable housing
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housing
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Translations
إسْكان، مَسْكِن، بيوتغِطاء، وِقاء
krytubytování
afskærmningbolig
burkolat
drifhús, hásinghúsnæîi
housing
[ˈhaʊzɪŋ]A. N
B. CPD housing association N → asociación f de la vivienda
housing benefit N (Brit) → subsidio m de vivienda
housing cooperative N → cooperativa f de la vivienda
housing development N (US) = housing estate housing estate N (Brit) → urbanización f, fraccionamiento m (Mex), reparto m (Mex); (= council estate) → urbanización f or barrio m de viviendas protegidas
housing market N → mercado m de la vivienda
housing policy N → política f de la vivienda
housing project N (US) → urbanización f or barrio m de viviendas protegidas
housing scheme N (Scot) → urbanización f or barrio m de viviendas protegidas
housing shortage N → crisis f inv de la vivienda
housing stock N → total m de viviendas
housing subsidy N → subsidio m por vivienda
housing benefit N (Brit) → subsidio m de vivienda
housing cooperative N → cooperativa f de la vivienda
housing development N (US) = housing estate housing estate N (Brit) → urbanización f, fraccionamiento m (Mex), reparto m (Mex); (= council estate) → urbanización f or barrio m de viviendas protegidas
housing market N → mercado m de la vivienda
housing policy N → política f de la vivienda
housing project N (US) → urbanización f or barrio m de viviendas protegidas
housing scheme N (Scot) → urbanización f or barrio m de viviendas protegidas
housing shortage N → crisis f inv de la vivienda
housing stock N → total m de viviendas
housing subsidy N → subsidio m por vivienda
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
housing
[ˈhaʊzɪŋ] n → logement m
modif [problem] → de logement; [minister] → du Logementhousing association n (British)
(providing housing) association qui construit et rénove des logements pour les louer ou les vendre à des prix très raisonnables
[co-owners] → association f de copropriétaireshousing benefit n → allocation f logement
to be on housing benefit → bénéficier d'une allocation logementhousing conditions npl → conditions fpl de logementhousing development n
to be on housing benefit → bénéficier d'une allocation logementhousing conditions npl → conditions fpl de logementhousing development n
(British) (= council-owned flats) → cité f
(British) (= privately-owned houses) → lotissement m
(US) → lotissement mhousing estate n (British) (= council-owned flats) → cité f (HLM) (= privately-owned houses) → lotissement m
I live on an estate → J'habite dans un lotissement.housing list n (British) liste d'attente pour obtenir un logement socialhousing market n → marché m immobilierhousing project n (US) (= place) → cité fhousing shortage n → pénurie f de logements
I live on an estate → J'habite dans un lotissement.housing list n (British) liste d'attente pour obtenir un logement socialhousing market n → marché m immobilierhousing project n (US) (= place) → cité fhousing shortage n → pénurie f de logements
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
housing
n
(act) → Unterbringung f
(Tech) → Gehäuse nt
housing
in cpds → Wohnungs-;housing association
n → Wohnungsbaugesellschaft f
housing benefit
n (Brit) → Wohngeld nt
housing complex
n → Wohnungskomplex m
housing conditions
pl → Wohnbedingungen or -verhältnisse pl
housing development, (Brit also) housing estate
n → Wohnsiedlung f
housing list
n → Warteliste f → für Sozialwohnungen
housing market
n → Wohnungsmarkt m
housing programme, (US) housing program
n → Wohnungsbeschaffungsprogramm nt
housing scheme
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house
(haus) – plural houses (ˈhauziz) – noun1. a building in which people, especially a single family, live. Houses have been built on the outskirts of the town for the workers in the new industrial estate.
2. a place or building used for a particular purpose. a hen-house; a public house.
3. a theatre, or the audience in a theatre. There was a full house for the first night of the play.
4. a family, usually important or noble, including its ancestors and descendants. the house of David.
(hauz) verb1. to provide with a house, accommodation or shelter. All these people will have to be housed; The animals are housed in the barn.
2. to store or keep somewhere. The electric generator is housed in the garage.
ˈhousing (-ziŋ) noun1. houses. These flats will provide housing for the immigrants.
2. the hard cover round a machine etc.
ˈhousing benefit noun a payment given by a government to people who are entitled to it according to certain criteria (eg poverty) when they buy or rent a house, an apartment etc.
house agent (American ˈreal-estate agent) a person who arranges the sale or letting of houses.
house arrest a type of arrest in which a person is not allowed to leave his own house. He was kept under house arrest.
ˈhouseboat noun a type of boat, usually with a flat bottom, which is built to be lived in.
ˈhousebreaker noun a person who breaks into a house in order to steal.
ˈhousebreaking nounˈhouse-fly noun
the common fly, found throughout the world.
ˈhousehold noun the people who live together in a house, including their servants. How many people are there in this household?
ˈhouseholder noun the person who owns a house or pays the rent for it.
household word something which is well-known to everyone. His name is a household word throughout the country.
ˈhousekeeper noun a person, usually a woman, who is paid to look after the management of a house.
ˈhousekeeping noun the management of a house.
ˈhouseman noun a recently qualified doctor who is living in a hospital while working there to complete his training.
ˈhousetrain verb to train (a dog, cat etc) to be clean inside the house.
ˈhouse-warming noun a party given after moving into a new house.
adjectivea house-warming party.
ˈhousewife noun – plural ˈhousewives – a woman who looks after her house, her husband and her family, and who usually does not have a job outside the home.
ˈhousework noun the work of keeping a house clean and tidy. My mother has a woman to help her with the housework.
like a house on fire1. very well. The two children got on with each other like a house on fire.
2. very quickly. I'm getting through this job like a house on fire.
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