the place, especially the house, in which a person lives or resides; dwelling; home: Their residence is in New York City.
a structure serving as a dwelling or home, especially one of large proportion and superior quality: They have a summer residence in Connecticut.
the act or fact of residing: during his residence in Spain.
the act of living or staying in a specified place while performing official duties, carrying on studies or research, awaiting a divorce, etc.: She will spend two terms in resident at Oxford University.
the time during which a person resides in a place: a residence there of five years.
the location of the main offices or principal center of business activity of a commercial enterprise, especially a large corporation, as registered under law.
Chemistry. residence time.
Origin of residence
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin residentia, equivalent to Latin resid(ēre) “to dwell, live in, reside” + -entia noun suffix; see origin at reside, -ence
He speaks while sipping a soda in the restaurant of the Residence Victoria in downtown Kisangani.
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A federal Home Affordable Refinance Program paperwork T.P.ing of our residence.
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As tradition dictates, the Royal Standard flies there only when the sovereign is in residence.
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In a statement, Lt. Paul Vernon said that, instead of taking her to her residence, Dencer “took advantage of the situation.”
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Surely it was too goodly a residence that we should be so swiftly, so ruthlessly, evicted from it!
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Chichester, however, had to be renounced, owing to the difficulty of residence.
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Two weeks later a light filtered through the closed shutters of Young's residence on the hill.
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I offered to save Mrs. Ronald the trouble of calling here, by sending letters or cards to her present residence.
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Was it the hopes that their residence might induce other rich families to inhabit the neighbourhood?
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British Dictionary definitions for residence
residence
/ (ˈrɛzɪdəns) /
noun
the place in which one resides; abode or home
a large imposing house; mansion
the fact of residing in a place or a period of residing
the official house of the governor of any of various countries
the state of being officially present
in residence
actually residentthe royal standard indicates that the Queen is in residence
designating a creative artist resident for a set period at a university, college, etc, whose role is to stimulate an active interest in the subjectcomposer in residence
the seat of some inherent quality, characteristic, etc