Definition of "lodgement" [lodge•ment]

• Variant of lodgment. (noun)

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• "Ken Tarboton, Rivers and Drainage group manager for Environment Bay of Plenty, said the lodgement was the first step in the process of obtaining consent to continue operating the structures."
• "Mr Ahern has said the lodgement was the first of a number of lodgements of cash he'd accumulated in his safe over a number of years."
• "She rode out into an open space where a loose earth-slide denied lodgement to trees and grass."