room and board
nounDefinition of room and board
: lodging and food usually furnished for a set price or as part of wages
Examples of room and board in a Sentence
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University of the Bahamas students will be able to receive room and board for one semester. — Kendall Trammell, CNN, "A historically black college is offering displaced University of Bahamas students a free semester," 5 Sep. 2019 The cost to participate is about $4,550 per student, or $5,850 with room and board for those from outside of Southern California. — Lilly Nguyen, Daily Pilot, "High school students try their hands as surgeons during summer program at UCI Medical Center," 31 July 2019 Then add up the cost of tuition, fees, room and board, books and supplies, and transportation to determine the sticker price for one year. — Anchorage Daily News, "Family finances: How to decipher a financial aid letter," 24 July 2019 Sites such as CollegeData show total cost figures that include tuition, fees, room and board, books and other expenses. — Liz Weston, Dallas News, "Now is a good time to teach your teen about the cost of college," 10 July 2019 A few more: >> Iowa transferred $4 million back to the university in 2017 and 2018, on top of costs the department already covers for its athletes and athletic programs (tuition, room and board, facilities maintenance, etc.). — Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star, "Insider: IU using Big Ten Network millions for more than just athletics — and that's OK," 19 June 2019 Other expenditures, such as special education tuition and room and board, takes up 5% of the budget. — Marissa Plescia, chicagotribune.com, "New Trier High School approves tentative budget for fiscal year 2020 with plans to pay down pension liabilities," 22 July 2019 Last year’s in-state freshman students were KSU’s first to be under a four-year tuition guarantee, so their tuition, room and board will remain the same. — Robin Goist, cleveland.com, "Kent State University trustees vote to raise tuition 3.5 percent," 26 June 2019 The great majority of those scholarships are split with other team members and don’t come close to covering the costs of tuition and room and board. — Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, The Mercury News, "Editorial: Soccer, other youth sports becoming rich kids’ games," 24 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'room and board.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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