front desk

American  

noun

1. reception desk.

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Example Sentences

“We’re trying to provide a place of stability so that kids can continue to come back here and the person at the front desk knows your name,” Birns said.

From Los Angeles Times

William Grant is reading out an anonymous letter- which he wrote and handed into the front desk at Kirkwall Police Station in Orkney on 2 September 2006.

From BBC

Then those Slack channels started closing down, said Rob Goodwin, who worked at the front desk of a Sonder building in New York’s Lower East Side.

From The Wall Street Journal

Among those amenities are 24/7 security, door attendants, valet parking, and front desk service—as well as fitness facilities, an outdoor pool, a steam room, and extra storage.

From MarketWatch

With his coat hastily thrown over his nightclothes and his feet in slippers, he raced back to the hotel and left the box at the front desk, addressed to the mysterious young lady in the royal suite, the unnamed cousin of England’s queen.

From Literature