paying guest
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
The hotel closed in 1963 but reopened two years later, only to have its last paying guest in 1972.
From Washington Times • Apr. 6, 2015
Patricia Brent is a "paying guest" at the Galvin House Residential Hotel.
From Patricia Brent, Spinster by Jenkins, Herbert George
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