bed and board

Victims of historic miscarriages of justice have been told by the government they must have "bed and board" costs for the time they spent in prison deducted from their compensation payments.

"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."

She offers free bed and board for the most desperate families, letting them sleep in her grown-up daughter’s old room.

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.

“She and her father have had the honor of being our guests already. Bed and board thrown in.”