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paying guest

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noun

  1. PG. a euphemism for lodger

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

But it also changes everyone who comes into the restaurant as a paying guest.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 22, 2016

I was not her paying guest, but I employed this Scotch lady of aristocratic birth and social experience.

From The Log-Cabin Lady — An Anonymous Autobiography by Unknown

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