Bedspace
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bedspace is a noun meaning (medicine, uncountable) Space available for patients in hospital beds or inmates in prison beds.
Meaning
(medicine, uncountable) Space available for patients in hospital beds or inmates in prison beds.
More Meanings
- (Philippines, countable) The use of a bed in a private home, often rented out by the month.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- bedspaces
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bedsite, bunkspace, room, ward, sickbed, bedspacer.
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