room and board

room and board (uncountable)

1. A place of lodging with daily meals, usually provided in return for rent or other considerations.
   • 1902, Edward Stratemeyer, chapter 2, in The Young Bridge-Tender:

     In return for the work Sanderson was allowed an attic room and board at the Nelson cottage.

   • 2007 January 11, Michael Lindenberger, “Colleges Boost Aid to Poor Students”, in Time:

     Louisville is joining more than two dozen other schools that have begun promising a free education—books, tuition, and room and board—to students from poor families.

• bed and breakfast
• board and lodging
• rooming house