room and board

noun

Updated on: 8 Apr 2018

Definition of room and board

: lodging and food usually furnished for a set price or as part of wages

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Recent Examples of room and board from the Web

The border missionaries provide their North Korean visitors with room and board, and those escaping with places to hide.

— Fox News, "Missionaries at border spread Christianity to North Korea," 5 Apr. 2018
Tuition plus room and board at Newbury is around $47,000.

— laura krantz, BostonGlobe.com, "For small, private colleges, fewer students means more worries," 31 Mar. 2018
Just because a university makes a huge grant for tuition, room and board, doesn’t make other things affordable.

— valerie strauss, Washington Post, "Low-income, first-generation students have — finally — established a beachhead at Ivy League schools. Now the real work starts.," 13 Mar. 2018
Newsletter Sign-up Mr. Startz estimates overall spending from international students—including room and board and other areas—is near $50 billion.

— melissa korn, WSJ, "Targeting China, Trump Threatens Student Visas. That Would Hit a Big U.S. Export," 16 Mar. 2018
Specifically, funds will be used for CSO meetings supplies, travel, food, room and board for out-of-town training institutes and conferences, technology support, infrastructure, and communication.

— grace palmieri, azcentral, "Season for Sharing awards grants to 153 Arizona non-profits," 15 Mar. 2018
The players also get room and board in the team’s home cities — no shoddy deal in the astronomically expensive Bay Area — plus travel and medical benefits.

— benny evangelista, San Francisco Chronicle, "Golden State Warriors draw last pick in NBA’s first e-sports league draft," 13 Mar. 2018
The package of tuition, room and board is free with the assistance of state, local and private funding.

— jacques kelly, baltimoresun.com, "Jacques Kelly: SEED School's roots deepen in Baltimore's former Southwestern High," 10 Mar. 2018
One year of tuition at Suffolk is $37,000, and the cost with room and board is $55,000.

— laura krantz, BostonGlobe.com, "Suffolk University makes interim president permanent," 8 Mar. 2018

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