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stayover

stayover

3.9
For use when a person spends the night away as a guest
  • adjective
  • /ˈsteɪˌoʊvər/
translation icon : de estancia
  • The hotel offers special packages for stayover guests who want to enjoy a relaxing getaway.

Examples

  • On the small islands, the main centers are accessible to most stayover tourists.

    Academic text (1993)

  • She booked a stayover for her friend who was visiting from out of town.

  • We planned a stayover at our relatives' house to celebrate the holidays together.

Synonyms

sleepaway
vsstayover
  • US
4.7

Of a camp or program where children stay overnight away from home

is used for any overnight visit especially when sleeping as a guest

Surface Forms

stayover positive

Morphology

stayover = stay (semi-transparent) = over + stay

The phrase 'stay over' clearly motivates the meaning, but the adjective use is lexicalized and somewhat specialized for an overnight guest stay. [Postprocessing: moved 'over' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Stayover comes from joining the everyday words stay ('remain') and over ('until the next day'), so it literally means staying overnight. So a stayover item or rate is something for people who will spend the night at another place.