Bedspace

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Space available for patients in hospital beds or inmates in prison beds. uncountable

    "She said Cuomo's call for 8,000 more bedspaces in New York prisons would cost the state $30,000 per prisoner per year."

  2. 2
    The use of a bed in a private home, often rented out by the month. Philippines, countable

Example

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"She said Cuomo's call for 8,000 more bedspaces in New York prisons would cost the state $30,000 per prisoner per year."

Etymology

From bed + space.

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