paying guest
Britishnoun
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The 11-story hotel hadn’t seen a paying guest for more than 30 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Rana was an engineering student at Punjab University in Chandigarh when he fell from the fourth-flour balcony of his paying guest accommodation.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026
Then again, she seems to hate everyone who isn't a paying guest, and even for them she merely hides her disdain.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2022
Purchase tickets at the door; $12/members, $15/nonmembers, free/ages under 21 who accompany a paying guest.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
Not on any account would she have let his presence be accounted for on the score of his being a guest in the house; not even would she call him a "paying guest."
From Under the Country Sky by Frances Rogers
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