'Lodgement' definitions:

Definition of 'lodgement'

From: WordNet
noun
Bringing a charge or accusation against someone [syn: lodgment, lodgement]
noun
The state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily; "the lodgment of the balloon in the tree" [syn: lodgment, lodgement, lodging]

Definition of 'Lodgement'

From: GCIDE
  • Lodgement \Lodge"ment\, n. See Lodgment. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'lodgement'

From: GCIDE
  • Lodgment \Lodg"ment\, n. [Written also lodgement.] [Cf. F. logement. See Lodge, v.]
  • 1. The act of lodging, or the state of being lodged. [1913 Webster]
  • Any particle which is of size enough to make a lodgment afterwards in the small arteries. --Paley. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A lodging place; a room. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • 3. An accumulation or collection of something deposited in a place or remaining at rest. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Mil.) The occupation and holding of a position, as by a besieging party; an instrument thrown up in a captured position; as, to effect a lodgment. [1913 Webster]