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Room and board describes an accommodation which, in exchange for
Room and Board - phrase meaning and origin
* ttp://www.snopes.com/language/phrases/1500.htm Life in the 1500s
Room and board describes an accommodation which, in exchange for money
Money is any item or verifiable record that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts, such as taxes, in a particular country or socio-economic context. The primary functions which distinguish money are: m ...
, labour or other recompense, a person is provided with a place to live in addition to meals. It commonly occurs as a fee at higher educational institutions, such as colleges and universities; it also occurs in hotel-style accommodation for short stays.
Definition
*''Room'' refers to a bedroom provided, sometimes private and occasionally with an en suite bathroom. *''Board'' refers to food being provided; the use of this term may derive from theOld English
Old English ( or , or ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. It developed from the languages brought to Great Britain by Anglo-S ...
''bord'', meaning table.
Two commonly encountered boards are:
* ''Half board'', where the host provides only breakfast and dinner meals.
* ''Full board'', where the host provides three daily meals.
Another option is:
* '' Bed and breakfast'', literally, a place to sleep and where breakfast is provided.
See also
* Bistro, a type of informal French restaurant * Boarding house, a lodging establishment *Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. They have existed for many centuries, and now extend acr ...
* Parlour boarder, an archaic term for a category of pupil at boarding school
* Sideboard, an article of furniture from which food is served in a dining room
References
Room and Board - phrase meaning and origin
* ttp://www.snopes.com/language/phrases/1500.htm Life in the 1500s
External links
* Hotel terminology Food and drink terminology {{Economics-stub