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bedspace

noun

Etymology

From bed + space.

  1. derived from *(s)peh₂-✻
  2. derived from spatium
  3. derived from space
  4. inherited from space
  5. compounded as bedspace — “bed + space”

Definitions

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

    • She said Cuomo's call for 8,000 more bedspaces in New York prisons would cost the state $30,000 per prisoner per year.
    • For example, the Patient's Charter requires nurses to respect the privacy, dignity and confidentiality of patients, yet planners still design bedspace divided by flimsy curtains, in multi-million pound projects.

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

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA