homestay

Etymology

home + stay, nowadays a reborrowing from Japanese ホームステイ (hōmusutei).

noun

  1. A system whereby students, visiting a foreign country to study, board with a local family at an affordable price.
  2. A house used primarily as the residence of the owner but with the business of accommodating paying guests.

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