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noun
A system whereby students, visiting a foreign country to study, board with a local family at an affordable price.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A house used primarily as the residence of the owner but with the business of accommodating paying guests.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From home + stay, nowadays a reborrowing from Japanese ホームステイ (hōmusutei).
Across languages
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
