roomer:
(plural: ‘roomers‘; for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
Note 1: ‘Room’ is also used for some free place to move about in a closed area, e.g. There isn’t enough room in this suitcase to keep my laptop.’ or ‘Do you think you have plenty of room in your car for my dog.’ or ‘The committee gave the young manager enough room to do what he thought was needed for the development of the organisation.’ & the famous phrase: ‘no room for error’, i.e. ‘there is no chance of making any error’ or ‘there shouldn’t be any error’
Note 2: ‘Room’ is also used to refer to the people in a large room or hall where meetings or discussions are held, e.g. ‘The whole room laughed when the rookies faltered with their first presentations.’ or ‘When the police entered in the middle of the meeting, the room was shocked and tried to flee.’
a roomer and her owner
a person who lives in a rented room in a building, usually with bare minimum necessities and sharing some of the facilities, such as bathroom, toilet, washbasin, etc. with the owner/landlord and/or others;
a tenant in someone else’s house;
quarrelsome roomers
In most states, a roomer does not have the usual protection a tenant is given by the law, unless there is an agreement between the roomer and the owner/landlord of the building.
The best way for the roomers looking for some cheap rooming houses is to check in the local newspapers or to log on to some very reliable websites.
As there are frequent rumours about owners/landlords and roomers getting into serious conflicts, often resulting in murder, the government has imposed stricter regulations on rooming private houses.
