paying guest
noun
: a customer who has paid to stay somewhere or to use something
Only the hotel's paying guests may use the fitness room.
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So the same footprint that houses one paying guest down the street houses three of his.
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Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
However, there's a difference between being a paying guest and a true partner, which is how the mix of international astronauts on the ISS has mostly been seen.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Strawberries at Stone Briar Farms cost $4.50 per pound and each paying guest gets one free picking container.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 10 May 2025
Now residing in the city of Agra, Rani lives as a paying guest and Rishu lives under the alias Ravi Varma.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
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Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
However, there's a difference between being a paying guest and a true partner, which is how the mix of international astronauts on the ISS has mostly been seen.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Strawberries at Stone Briar Farms cost $4.50 per pound and each paying guest gets one free picking container.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 10 May 2025
Now residing in the city of Agra, Rani lives as a paying guest and Rishu lives under the alias Ravi Varma.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
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“Paying guest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paying%20guest. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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