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A recipient of hospitality, specifically someone staying by invitation at the house of another.

Example: The guests were let in by the butler.

A patron or customer in a hotel etc.

Example: Guests must vacate their rooms by 10 o'clock on their day of departure.

An invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast.

Example: The guest for the broadcast was a leading footballer.

A user given temporary access to a system despite not having an account of their own.

To appear as a guest, especially on a broadcast

As a musician, to play as a guest, providing an instrument that a band/orchestra does not normally have in its line up (for instance, percussion in a string band)

To receive or entertain hospitably.