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[Bubu]

Hallo,

I want to know the meaning of the verb "lodge" and I found the meaning "to file a charge against" which fitted the context.

But I am a liitle confused. In order to find example sentence I used google and found thousands of them. Here are some of them

loge a notice..
lodge a complain..
lodge a tax return..
lodge an application..
lodge a bond... does it mean place a bond?
lodge a claim..
lodge a notice.. wrte a notice?
lodge a petition..
lodge a feedback.. This is extremely confusing
lodge a dispute...
lodge a propectus..does this mean release a proslectus?
lodge a submission..
lodge a report..
lodge a re-enrollment form..
lodge a final account down to the date...
lodge a fomal grivance...

and so on....

But after reading all these I am very confused to get to the real use of the verb 'lodge' [with the meaning "file a charge against"]

can you also tell me the meaning of the phrases with icons!!!

Plz help
thanks

[helen1]

Hi Bubu - how are you?

In all of these sentences the verb to lodge refers to making something official.

In other words submitting something to an official 'body'
so to file a charge against would mean where someone has broken a law (either civil or criminal) a paper is submitted to a legal 'body' (e.g. court).

I hope from this you can work out the meaning of all those with icons but if not let me know.

Helen

[Bubu]

Hi Hellen, I am fine

No! I actually I don't understand the meaning of those with icon.

I don't need a detailed acount of them, just the meaning will do. Then, I reckon, I can make them out myself.

Thank you Helen

I am indebted to all my forum friends and their help is incomparable.

[obelix]

In the instances you have given, you can sustitute place or file This will give you an general idea of what they mean. As Helen says, it often means you file or place it officially.