n. The act of lodging, or the state of being lodged: as, the lodgment of money in a bank; the lodgment of grass or grain by a storm.n. A deposit, as of an accumulated mass; a settling: as, the lodgment of mud in a tank.n. A place where persons or things are lodged; a lodging.n. Milit., a position or foothold gained from and held against an enemy, as by an invading or a besieging army: as, to effect a lodgment on the enemy's coast, or within the enemy's lines.n. In mining, same as lodge, 7.