billeting Definition

billet¹
noun

1. A house, often a private home, where soldiers are given food and lodging temporarily.
2. A formal order to a householder to provide lodgings for a soldier.
3. colloq
An allocated sleeping- or resting-place.
(chiefly Brit)
4. colloq
A job or occupation.

verb

billeted, billeting
1. To give or assign lodging to, or to accommodate (soldiers, etc).

Thesaurus: accommodate, berth, lodge, quarter, station.

Etymology: 15c, originally meaning ‘a brief letter or note assigning quarters' (as sense 2): from French billette a letter or note.