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Room and board describes a situation where, in exchange for money, labor or other considerations, a person is provided with a place to live as well as meals on a comprehensive basis. In some countries this is translated literally as "room and food".
"Board" may refer to the table on which food is served.
It also occurs in hotel-style accommodation for short stays.
With a room and board arrangement, the renter has a private bedroom and shares the rest of the house with the person renting out the room. This is different from renting where the renter has private living areas, including a bedroom, bathroom and kitchen
Two commonly encountered boards are:
- Half Board, where the host provides only a breakfast and dinner meals.
- Full Board, where the host provides all three daily meals.
Another option is:
- Bed and breakfast, literally, a place to sleep and where breakfast is provided.
Room and board is a way of compensating a person for their work. It may also refer to:
- Room & Board, an American furniture company
- Room and Board (1921 film), a 1921 American silent film starring Constance Binney
- Room and Board (2009 film), a 2009 film starring Robert Loggia (not listed in IMDB)
- Room and Board (film), a 2014 American horror film directed by Julia Davis
- Room and Board (comic strip), a comic strip by Gene Ahern
- "Room and Board", a segment of the animated film compilation Fantastic Animation Festival
Room and Board was an American comic strip by Gene Ahern which was syndicated from 1936 to 1953, following Ahern's memorable Our Boarding House which he drew from 1921 to 1936.
Ahern was making an annual $35,000 doing Our Boarding House for Newspaper Enterprise Association when King Features Syndicate offered to double that figure. Leaving NEA in March 1936 for King Features, Ahern created Room and Board which had more than a few parallels with Our Boarding House. Debuting June 21, 1936, it revived the title of an earlier Room and Board strip, drawn by Sals Bostwick, which ran from 1928 to 1931, distributed by the King Features subsidiary, Central Press Association (best known for launching Brick Bradford). However, Ahern's Room and Board had no connection with Bostwick's strip other than the similar title.
Room and Board is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Alan Crosland and written by Donnah Darrell and Charles E. Whittaker. The film stars Constance Binney, Thomas Carrigan, Malcolm Bradley, Arthur Housman, Jed Prouty and Blanche Craig. The film was released on August 17, 1921, by Paramount Pictures. Its survival status is classified as unknown, which suggests that it is a lost film.
Usage examples of "room and board".
We will generously compensate Herr Loche for the use of his truck, and for the room and board of the officers while they are under his care.
Michelangelo was touched to have been included, happy to leave his own dull room and board, to see Medici again.
Marching Natalie to an old mansion near the hospital, converted to flats occupied by hospital staff, she then and there arranged room and board for her and the baby.
Although he and Tubain kept her in pocket money, neither paid her for her workwhich was only fitting since one had agreed to train her without the usual fee and the other was giving her free room and board.
William provided free room and board and even allowed them to keep all the money they made.
I think you'll find our room and board rate very reasonable, but that's because Erika and I expect a certain amount of physical labor as well.
Normally a year-contract included room and board, but these men were a special case.
Wren offered to play for room and board alone all one winter if he always gave Free Bards the best venue thereafter.