bedspace

English

From bed +‎ space.

bedspace (countable and uncountable, plural bedspaces)

(medicine, uncountable) Space available for patients in hospital beds or inmates in prison beds.
- 1990 April 7, Jennie McKnight, “Suit Filed Against N.Y. Governor and Prison Officials”, in Gay Community News, page 12:
  She said Cuomo's call for 8,000 more bedspaces in New York prisons would cost the state $30,000 per prisoner per year.
- 2013, Michael Bowman, The Professional Nurse: Coping with Change, Now and the Future:
  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.
(Philippines, countable) The use of a bed in a private home, often rented out by the month.