billet

billet
n
1.(all in the military) lodging, lodgings, lodging place, lodgment, quarters, living quarters, quarterage, housing, rooms, accommodations; barracks or barrack, cantonment, casern, military quarters, Sl. the Q; camp, encampment, bivouac.
2.Military, (all for the provision of quarters) order, ordinance, directive, dictation, direction, command, charge, imperative, requisition, requirement, precept, prescription; notification, notice, instruction, injunction.
3. place, station, post, position; bed, bunk, berth, cot, pallet, Sl. sack, Brit. Sl. kip; room, chamber, apartment, compartment, cabin, stall, cell, nook.
4. job, employment, employ, living; post, position, office capacity, situation; appointment, commission, charge, assignment.
v
5. quarter, provide quarters for, bed, bunk, berth; house, shelter, give shelter to, lodge, provide lodging or lodgings or lodgment for, put up, have as a guest or lodger, roof, provide with a roof.
6. reside, live, live at, abide, Archaic. bide, dwell, dwell at, tenant, stay, stay at, remain, sojourn; domicile, domiciliate, establish oneself, take up residence, take up one's abode, make one's home, inhabit, occupy, settle, locate, ensconce, Inf. hang up one's hat.

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