lodgment

== English == === Alternative forms === lodgement (UK) === Etymology === From Middle French logement, from loger (“to lodge”) + -ment. === Pronunciation === (US) enPR: lŏjmənt, IPA(key): /ˈlɑd͡ʒmənt/ === Noun === lodgment (countable and uncountable, plural lodgments) An area used for lodging; a place in which a person or thing is or can be lodged. See also quotations under lodgement. The condition of being lodged. The act of lodging or depositing. 2013, Pat J. Barrett, Summary Judgment in Ireland: Principles and Defences, Bloomsbury Professional, section 1.101, [5] The court may also decide to grant leave to defend, or to grant a stay on an order for judgment, conditional upon a cash lodgment being made by the defendant. (military, historical) The occupation of a position by a besieging party, and the works thrown up to maintain it.