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billeting

billeting is the present participle and gerund of billet.

Meaning of billet

Verb

billet (third-person singular simple present billets, present participle billeting or (rare) billetting, simple past and past participle billeted or (rare) billetted)

  1. (transitive) To lodge soldiers, or guests, usually by order.
    • Billeted in so antiquated a mansion.1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], Tales of a Traveller, (please specify |part=1 to 4), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], →OCLC
  2. (intransitive) To lodge, or be quartered, in a private house.
  3. (transitive) To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge.

See all 17 meanings of billet

Noun

billeting (plural billetings)

  1. The lodging of soldiers.

Forms of billeting

Verb
alternative formbilletting
Noun
pluralbilletings

Questions about billeting

What does billeting mean?
Billeting means the lodging of soldiers.
What is billeting the present participle and gerund of?
Billeting is the present participle and gerund of billet.
What part of speech is billeting?
Billeting is a noun.
What is the plural of billeting?
The plural of billeting is billetings.

Words near billeting in the dictionary

  1. billetees
  2. billeter
  3. billeters
  4. billethead
  5. billetheads
  6. billeting
  7. billetings
  8. billetless
  9. billets
  10. billets-doux
  11. Billett

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