Dictionary Definition
residence
Noun
1 any address at which you dwell more than
temporarily; "a person can have several residences" [syn: abode]
2 the official house or establishment of an
important person (as a sovereign or president); "he refused to live
in the governor's residence"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Noun
- The place where one lives.
- The place where a corporation is established.
- A building used as a home.
Translations
place where one lives
- Arabic:
- Chinese: 居所 (jūsuǒ)
- Dutch: woonplaats
- Finnish: kotipaikka, asuinpaikka
- French: résidence
- German: Wohnsitz
- Hungarian: lakhely
- Italian: residenza
- Japanese: 住宅 (jūtaku)
- Korean: 주소 (juso)
- Norwegian: bosted
- Portuguese: residência
- Russian: местожительство (mestožítel’stvo)
- Serbian: obitavalište, boravište, stan, prebivalište, stanište
- Spanish: residencia
- Swedish: bostad
- Telugu: (nivAsamu)నివాసము
place where a corporation is established
- Finnish: kotipaikka
building used as a home
- Dutch: residentie
- Finnish: koti, kotitalo, asunto, asuinrakennus
- Norwegian: bolig
Extensive Definition
The term residence may refer to:
- House
- Nursing home
- Residence in English family law, pertaining to where children should live in the case of disputes
- Habitual residence, a civil law term dealing with the status of refugees, and child abduction
- Tax residence, to determine the location of someone's home for tax purposes
- The Canadian term for what Americans call a dormitory
See also
residence in Danish: Residens
residence in German: Residenz
residence in Spanish: Residencia
residence in French: Résidence
residence in Dutch: Residentie
residence in Russian: Жилище
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abiding, abiding place, abode, address, cantonment, castle, chateau, cohabitation, commorancy, crash pad,
crib, domicile, domus, dwelling, dwelling place,
estate, habitancy, habitation, hall, home, house, inhabitancy, inhabitation, inhabiting, living, living quarters, lodging, lodging place, lodgment, manor house, mansion, nest, nesting, occupancy, occupation, pad, palace, place, place to live, residency, residing, roof, seat, settlement, sojourn, sojourning, squatting, stay, staying, staying over, stopping, tenancy, villa, visit