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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 “no-host,” which invitees are supposed to surmise means they’re paying for their own meal.
Although the SAG Awards will continue its no-host tradition, “Hamilton” stars Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs and Leslie Odom Jr. are confirmed to open tonight’s 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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When To Use
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 dance—any type of event that requires you to pay to enter or for food and drink or both. 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 didn’t have a host and was commonly described as a no-host award show. Example: I got invited to some fancy no-host party for Independence Day, but I don’t know if I have the money for another one of these.
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