bedspace

Definitions

1. Space available for patients in hospital beds or inmates in prison beds.
   uncountable
2. The use of a bed in a private home, often rented out by the month.
   Philippines, countable

Examples

“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.”

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