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ballroom |
a large room used for dancing, as in a hotel, club, or mansion. |
bed |
to have sleeping accommodations, as in a hotel. [1/10 definitions] |
bellboy |
a man or boy employed by a hotel to carry luggage, food, or drink to the guest rooms, run errands, and page guests. |
bellhop |
a man or boy who does errands at a hotel; bellboy. |
booking |
a reservation for space, as at a hotel or restaurant or on a plane or ship. [1/2 definitions] |
cancellation |
something that has been done away with, abolished, withdrawn, or annulled, such as a hotel reservation. [1/3 definitions] |
captain |
the chief waiter in a restaurant, or the chief bellhop in a hotel. [1/8 definitions] |
caravansary |
any hotel or inn. [1/2 definitions] |
chambermaid |
a woman whose job is to clean and straighten hotel rooms or bedrooms. |
check in |
to register at a hotel, conference, or the like, or to give official confirmation of one's intention to travel imminently. [1/2 definitions] |
check-in |
the act or an instance of registering, as at a hotel. |
checkout |
the act of checking out of a hotel room. [2/4 definitions] |
check out |
to say officially that you are leaving your hotel room and to pay the bill. [1/5 definitions] |
chef |
a skilled or professional cook, esp. one in charge of a hotel or restaurant kitchen. |
cocktail lounge |
a room or seating area, usu. in a hotel or restaurant, in which alcoholic drinks are served. |
courtesy card |
a card that identifies the bearer and entitles him or her to certain privileges, as at a store, bank, hotel, or club. |
dining room |
a room, usu. in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten. |
doorman |
one whose job is to tend the entrance of an apartment house, hotel, or other building, and to assist residents or guests. |
double |
a room for two people, usu. in a hotel or dormitory. (Cf. single.) [1/19 definitions] |
European plan |
a hotel rate that covers the room and services, but not meals. (Cf. American plan.) |
five-star |
having a rating of five stars out of five, conventionally the highest rating a hotel, restaurant, or the like receives from professional critics. |
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