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• n  a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
• n  a vast multitude
• n  an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association
• n  a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)
• n  archaic terms for army
• n  any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event
  Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games
• n  (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor
• n  the owner or manager of an inn
• n  a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion
• n  (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
• v  be the host of or for
  We hosted 4 couples last night

• Mark Fenton Host, America's Walking PBS Mark Fenton is the host of the new PBS series, America's Walking.
• The TV host who loves a fight .
• Japan's host clubs have gone mainstreamwithout getting overly squeaky clean.

• horde
• legion
• master of ceremonies
• emcee
• innkeeper
• boniface
• Host
• server

• parasite

News & Articles

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• Host Hotels Hikes Dividend Again
  Consistent with its efforts to enhance stockholders value, Host Hotels increased its quarterly cash dividend by 10% sequentially.
  June 18, 2013 - Zacks via Yahoo! Finance
• Host Hotels Hikes Dividend Again - Analyst Blog
  Consistent with its efforts to enhance stockholders' value, Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. ( HST ) raised its quarterly cash dividend by 10% sequentially to 11 cents per share from
  June 18, 2013 - Nasdaq
• Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Announces Increase In Quarterly Dividend On Common Stock
  BETHESDA, Md., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:HST) announced that its board of directors authorized a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.11 per share on the Company's ...
  June 17, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Giovanni van Bronckhorst in Nigerian Compass
  We know we can play football,Dutch captain Giovanni van Bronckhorst said. "To be mentally strong is now most important.' The Netherlands reached the 1974 and '78 finals with some of soccer's greatest players, but each time the host...
• Teixeira in National
  If Sao Paulo wants to host the opening game or the competition as a whole, the deadline is getting close,Teixeira said. "Cape Town built [Green Point Stadium] in two-and-a-half years, so we are dangerously close to the limit. The issue...
• Barack Obama in FOXNews
  Let me be clear: Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile activity poses a real threat, not just to the United States, but to Iran's neighbors and our allies,Obama said "The Czech Republic and Poland have been courageous in agreeing to host a...