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Tourism & Hospitality vocabulary · Check-in & Check-out

Paid-out

Meaning in tourism & hospitality, with examples

nounCommon term

In tourism & hospitality, paid-out means: Cash paid by the hotel on a guest's behalf and recorded for recovery from that guest.

In Turkish: konuk adına nakit ödeme

How it is used

Used in front-desk accounting; document authorization and the reason for the payment.

Example sentences

  1. Reception recorded a paid-out when it paid the taxi driver on the guest's behalf.

    The hotel advances cash that should be recovered from the guest.

  2. The cashier attached the courier receipt to the paid-out before posting the amount.

    Supporting evidence connects the cash payment to a specific guest expense.

Common collocations

  • record a paid-out
  • paid-out voucher
  • receiptA piece of paper or an email showing that money has been paid, with the amount, the date and what it was paid for.
  • charge to the roomTo add the cost of food, drinks or services to a guest's room bill so they can pay for everything together at check-out.

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