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no-host
[ noh-hohst ]
adjective
- requiring patrons and guests to pay a fee for attendance or to pay for any food and drink they consume:
a no-host cocktail party; a no-host dinner-dance.
Example Sentences
Adults will take over the entire Seattle Aquarium for this spooky event, featuring disc jockeys, live music, a costume contest, opportunities to experience aquarium habitats at night, Halloween-themed activities, a no-host bar, food available for purchase and more.
Adults will take over Seattle Aquarium at this 21-and-older event featuring a disc jockey, drag performances, opportunities to explore marine habitats at night, a no-host bar, food available for purchase and more.
Invitations come with the term āno-host,ā which invitees are supposed to surmise means theyāre paying for their own meal.
Although the SAG Awards will continue its no-host tradition, āHamiltonā stars Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs and Leslie Odom Jr. are confirmed to open tonightās ceremony.
But Hopkins wasn't present, and didn't send a proxy to accept the statue in his place, so the no-host telecast ended abruptly and left a sour aftertaste.
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What doesĢż²Ō“Ē-³ó“Ē²õ³ŁĢżmean?
No-host describes an event, such as a party, at which the guests must pay for their own food and drink or pay an entry fee.
A Western US term, no-host is almost always used in reference to a party or similar event at which attendees pay to enter or pay for any food or drink they consume. You might go to a no-host dinner, a no-host networking event, a no-host danceāany type of event that requires you to pay to enter or for food and drink or both.Ģż
Sometimes no-host is used more literally to describe an event that lacks a host, especially an event that usually has a host. The 2019 Academy Awards didnāt have a host and was commonly described as a no-host award show.Ģż
Example: I got invited to some fancy no-host party for Independence Day, but I donāt know if I have the money for another one of these.
Where doesĢżno-host come from?
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What are some words that often get used in discussing no-host?
How is ²Ō“Ē-³ó“Ē²õ³ŁĢżused in real life?
No-host is usually used in the Western United States to refer to an event you have to pay a fee to attend.
Getting ready to go to the No-Host Oscars.
Have no idea what to expect.
Is it like a No-Host bar?
Open mic night?
One thing is for sure ā
ā tomorrow itās back to work.ā Brad Bird (@BradBirdA113)
FREE Open-to-the-Public at 2/16 7:00PM AN EVENING OF POETRY & JAZZ An open mic. Share your poems and very short stories, too. No-host bar & original music with celebrity poet bandāCOPUS!
ā SFWC is for Writers! (@SFWC)
Young Professionals Organization (YPO) Mixer TONIGHT | 5:30p.m. Woodstock's Pizza | No RSVP | No-Host Bar | All welcome to join at Mixers!
ā Chico Chamber (@ChicoChamber)
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Is no-host used correctly in the following sentence?
āThe ticket price for the hospitalās no-host party was high, but some of the money will help fund the new surgery rooms.ā
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