paying guest

noun

1. a euphemism for lodger PG

Example Sentences

Many started out in single-sex “paying guest,” or PG, hostels loosely attached to colleges — private or government housing with shared rooms and food provided by adults seen as secondary parents.

From New York Times

Even if they rise at work, many women end up back in paying guest hostels, with curfews at 9 or 9:30 p.m. and bans on drinking, smoking and male guests.

From New York Times

Then again, she seems to hate everyone who isn't a paying guest, and even for them she merely hides her disdain.

From Salon

Purchase tickets at the door; $12/members, $15/nonmembers, free/ages under 21 who accompany a paying guest.

From Seattle Times

There is, in Miss Manners’ vocabulary, no such thing as a paying guest.

From Washington Post