houseline n (Nautical) tarred marline,
(Also called)
housing
housing [1]
n
a houses or dwellings collectively
b (as modifier)
a housing problem
2 the act of providing with accommodation
3 a hole, recess, groove, or slot made in one wooden member to receive another
4 a part designed to shelter, cover, contain, or support a component, such as a bearing, or a mechanism, such as a pump or wheel
a bearing housing, a motor housing, a wheel housing
5 another word for →
houseline
housing [2]
n often pl
Archaic another word for →
trappings →
2
(C14: from Old French houce covering, of Germanic origin)
housing association
n (Social welfare) (in Britain) a non-profit-making body whose purpose is to build, convert, or improve houses for letting at fair rents
housing benefit
n (Social welfare) (in Britain) a payment made by a local authority in the form of a rent rebate to a council tenant, a rent allowance to a private tenant, or a rate rebate to a tenant or home-owner
housing estate
n a planned area of housing, often with its own shops and other amenities
housing project
n (U.S) a housing development built and maintained by a local authority, usually intended for people with a low or moderate income
housing scheme
n
1 a local-authority housing plan
2 the houses built according to such a plan; housing estate, (Often shortened to)
scheme
mobility housing
n (Social welfare) houses designed or adapted for people who have difficulty in walking but are not necessarily chairbound
See also →
wheelchair housing
sheltered housing
n accommodation designed esp. for the elderly or infirm consisting of a group of individual premises, often with some shared facilities and a caretaker, (Also called)
sheltered accommodation, sheltered homes
social housing
n accommodation provided by the state for renting
standard housing benefit
n (in Britain, Social welfare) a rebate of a proportion of a person's eligible housing costs paid by a local authority and calculated on the basis of level of income and family size
wheelchair housing
n (Social welfare) housing designed or adapted for a chairbound person
See also →
mobility housing