plus-one

or plus one

[ pluhs-wuhn ]

noun
  1. a person who accompanies someone to a party or other event when the invitation allows the invited guest to bring another person: I phoned Tom to ask if he would be my plus-one at the gala.

Origin of plus-one

1
First recorded in 1970–75

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How to use plus-one in a sentence

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British Dictionary definitions for plus-one

plus-one

noun
  1. informal a person who accompanies an invited person to a social function

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