Definition of "residence" []

• The place in which one lives; a dwelling. (noun)
• The act or a period of residing in a place. (noun)
• A medical residency. (noun)
• The official home or location of a corporation. (noun)
• In residence Committed to live and work in a specific place, often for a certain length of time: an artist in residence at a college. (idiom)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "To any right-minded person, her main residence is the substantial house she owns in her constituency."
• "Our McRib expert in residence is back at BlogPost to decipher the return of the McRib."
• "The main residence is a 200 year old Greek Revival farm house that sleeps up to eight people."