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Definition of short-stay adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

short-stay

adjective
 
/ˌʃɔːt ˈsteɪ/
 
/ˌʃɔːrt ˈsteɪ/
[only before noun] (British English)
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  1. (of a place) where you only stay for a short time
    • a short-stay car park
    • short-stay patients (= who only stay in a hospital for a short time)
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryShort-stay is used with these nouns:
    • parking
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