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  • 1housing — 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 …

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  • 2housing — ► NOUN 1) houses and flats considered collectively. 2) the provision of accommodation. 3) a rigid casing for a piece of equipment. 4) a groove cut in a piece of wood to allow another piece to be attached to it …

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  • 3Housing — 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;… …

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  • 4Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 — The Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom. Its long title shows that it is a piece of omnibus legislation:: An Act to make provision for grants and other assistance for housing… …

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  • 5housing — I. /ˈhaʊzɪŋ / (say howzing) noun 1. houses or other dwellings collectively. 2. the provision of houses or other accommodation for the community: the housing of immigrants. 3. Machinery a frame, plate or the like, that encloses a part of a machine …

  • 6housing — housing1 noun 1》 houses and flats considered collectively.     ↘the provision of accommodation. 2》 a rigid casing that houses a piece of moving or delicate equipment. 3》 a recess or groove cut in a piece of wood to allow another piece to be… …

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  • 7housing — housing1 /how zing/, n. 1. any shelter, lodging, or dwelling place. 2. houses collectively. 3. the act of one who houses or puts under shelter. 4. the providing of houses for a group or community: the housing of an influx of laborers. 5. anything …

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  • 8housing — I hous•ing [[t]ˈhaʊ zɪŋ[/t]] 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) mac a fully enclosed case and support for a mechanism 6) bui… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 9housing — 1. n. 1 a dwelling houses collectively. b the provision of these. 2 shelter, lodging. 3 a rigid casing, esp. for moving or sensitive parts of a machine. 4 the hole or niche cut in one piece of wood to receive some part of another in order to join …

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  • 10Mutual Ownership Defense Housing Division — The Mutual Ownership Defense Housing Division of the Federal Works Agency part of the United States government, operating from about 1940 to 1942 under the leadership of Colonel Lawrence Westbrook, was an attempt by the United States Government,… …

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