bed and board

Example Sentences

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In August 2023, Alex Chalk, then Conservative Justice Secretary, scrapped the policy of taking bed and board deductions from all future payouts.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

"A few of the luckier poor people got bed and board in the hospital for life. Selection criteria would have been a mix of material want, local politics, and spiritual merit."

From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2023

In 1991, after dropping out of high school, Cantu was offered free bed and board by Bill and Jan Miller, a Portland couple who offered help to teenagers in need of support.

From The Guardian • Apr. 6, 2018

The other confusion is that when US universities quote prices, they often include bed and board as well as tuition.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2016

And tak sic bed and board as we can gie.

From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert