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The place where one lives, particularly the dwelling in which one lives.
See domicile.


Example: Baker owns several houses, one of which is Baker’s residence, another is a vacation home, and the others are income properties rented to tenants.

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noun

A building or shelter where one lives: abode, domicile, dwelling, habitation, home, house, lodging (often used in plural), place. Chiefly British dig (used in plural). See protection/exposure.

n

Definition: place for living
Antonyms: business, industry, office

1. Dwelling place, especially of a person of rank or distinction.

2. Settlement of traders.

3. Fact of living in a place for the discharge of duties, e.g. the presence of incumbents in benefices, or with reference to colleges, universities, etc.

4. Seat of a Court (e.g. Residenz in Germany, so a Residenz-Stadt is a town where a princely court is based (e.g. Munich, Würzburg, etc.).

5. A residential quarter is a district of a town which is predominantly or entirely for housing.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

Personal presence at some place of abode.

Although the domicile and residence of a person are usually in the same place, and the two terms are frequently used as if they had the same meaning, they are not synonymous. A person can have two places of residence, such as one in the city and one in the country, but only one domicile. Residence means living in a particular locality, but domicile means living in that locality with the intent to make it a fixed and permanent home. Residence merely requires bodily presence as an inhabitant in a given place, whereas domicile requires bodily presence in that place and also an intention to make it one's permanent home.

IN BRIEF: The place where one lives; home.

Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so I shall choose my death when I am about to depart from life. — Seneca (4 BC-65 AD)

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For a list of words related to residence, see:

• Living Places - residence: place in which one regularly lives
• Real Estate Practice - residence: building in which people live

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bopæl, bolig, residens, opholdssted

idioms:

• in residence    med fast bopæl

Nederlands (Dutch)
woning, woonplaats, bewoning

Français (French)
n. - maison, maison de standing, demeure, (Admin, Jur) résidence, (US, Univ) résidence universitaire

idioms:

• in residence    en résidence

Deutsch (German)
n. - Wohnhaus, Aufenthalt, Residenz, Wohnsitz

idioms:

• in residence    anwesend

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μόνιμη) διαμονή, κατοίκηση, σπίτι, παραμονή, κατοικία

idioms:

• in residence    στο σπίτι μου, στο χώρο της επαγγελματικής μου δραστηριότητας

Italiano (Italian)
residenza, residence, dimora, abitazione

idioms:

• in residence    residente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - residência (f)

idioms:

• in residence    residente

Русский (Russian)
резиденция, место жительства, проживание

idioms:

• in residence    проживающий

Español (Spanish)
n. - vivienda, residencia, domicilio, permanencia

idioms:

• in residence    en residencia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bostad, hemvist, vistelse

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
居住, 住所, 合法居留资格, 住宅

idioms:

• in residence    住校, 住在任所

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 居住, 住所, 合法居留資格, 住宅

idioms:

• in residence    住校, 住在任所

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 주거, 거주, 소재

idioms:

• in residence    주재하고, 관저에 살고

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 住所, 住宅, 邸宅, 所在, 在住期間, 研究期間, 居住, 滞在, 残存, 住家

idioms:

• in residence    官邸に住んで, 学内に住んで, 駐在して

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) اقامه, سكنى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מגורים, בית‬

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