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paying guest

British  

noun

  1.  PG.  a euphemism for lodger

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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

She merely took a hand-bag, leaving the rest of her luggage with Lady Willow, who was thus sustained by the hope that her paying guest would soon return.

From A Woman Intervenes by Barr, Robert