dwellingformal

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Home
a roof over your headidiom
abode
accommodation
bolthole
crib
domestic
domestically
fold
give something/someone houseroomphrase
habitation
hangout
harem
hearth
non-home
pad
premises
rabbit hutch
residence
residential
roof

Examples from literature

Fortunately, Mr. Maynard had been able to rent the bungalow he wanted, and it was this picturesque domicile that so roused King's admiration. 
The lower classes of the people, in their persons and their domiciles, are not clean—but there it stops—the town and the island are miracles of cleanliness. 
Then I shall sweep into her domicile, arrayed in all my glory. 
Twenty miles, he estimated, still lay between him and his domicile. 
With the aid of a few friends he installed her in a new domicile, and procured work for her. 

domicile | American Dictionary

domicile
noun[ C ]
 lawus/ˈdɑm·əˌsɑɪl, ˈdoʊ·mə-/
the place where a person lives:
Any change of domicile should be reported to the proper authorities.

domicile | Business English

domicile
noun[ C or U ]
 LAW formaluk /ˈdɒmɪsaɪl/ us /ˈdɑːmə-/
the country in which a person or company lives or does business and has their legal address:
For tax purposes, the income-tax rate in the person's country of domicile should be used.
move/change/switch (sb's/sth's) domicile Companies may choose to move their domicile to tax havens such as Bermuda.

Examples of domicile

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This system provided the magistracy with the opportunity to decouple domicile rights from political, economic or juridical rights.
Each member's surname, given name, age, year of birth, domicile of origin, parentage, profession, and rank are recorded.
In the sagas, the outer circle was the ideal domicile of evil powers, especially the devil.
Thus, a domicile is the intersection of an infinite sequence of nested discs and, therefore, it is simply connected.
A domicile is a set of points in + that share the same address.
There is no variation by season or year of birth, birth order or region of domicile.
The current symbiotic function of these domiciles is quite clear.
There is no variation in prevalence by region of domicile, season or year of birth.
Their standing, he insists, must be based on a right of domicile independent of nationality.
An after-dusk curfew was imposed, and people wishing to travel or change domicile had to obtain special permits from the appropriate authorities.
What justifies domicile as the sole criteria of constituency construction?
The site is 34 km from the nearest areas of permanent domicile and nearly 70 km by road from the nearest town.
The control entries consisted of the same male-sterile lines without alfalfa leafcutting bee domiciles or honey bee hives placed at flowering time.
And yet it was when he wrote about his domicile, his craft, and his friends that a rare sensitivity and eloquence crept into his work.
Thus, five domiciles were placed at the north end of the plots, facing south.
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