paying guest

collocation in English

meaningsofpayandguest

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pay
noun[U]
uk
/peɪ/us
/peɪ/
the money you receive for doing ...
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guest
noun[C]
uk
/ɡest/us
/ɡest/
a person who is staying with you, or a person you have invited to a social occasion, such as a party or ...
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(Definition ofpayandguestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Payingguestbegan to arrive in 1910.
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The first time the festival had hoped for about 2500 paying guests, but the first day over 5000 showed up, and on the second day 7500.
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He may be apayingguest, but still he is the guest of the company.
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There can be nothing intrinsically immoral about exercising your right to get the most suitablepayingguest.
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What is the difference between apayingguestand a customer?
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But suddenly it seems that there is something terrible in a woman taking in a man aspayingguestin the house.
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Does "lodger" include apayingguest, or people who are stopping at hotels?
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What is the position of a lodger, of apayingguest, of anau pairgirl, or a servant?
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I wonder whether he really feels that he is being treated as a guest, even apayingguest, by the railway on which he is travelling.
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We are talking here about people living in a dwelling under a casual or short-term arrangement—for example, a lodger, apayingguest, or a student in term-time digs.
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The hotel was built in anticipation of a land boom that never happened, and it never had apayingguest.
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She also decides to have apayingguestto generate more income for her rent.
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They advertise for apayingguest, or lodger, to supplement their income.
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