(of a social gathering) At which guests are required to pay for their own drinks.

plural of hosting

simple past tense and past participle of host

(computing) Running and maintaining a computer system on someone's behalf. / (obsolete) A battle.

present participle of host

(Christianity) The consecrated bread of the Eucharist.

One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially. / One that provides a facility for an event. / A person or organization responsible for running an event.

To perform the role of a host. / (obsolete, intransitive) To lodge at an inn. / (computing, Internet) To run software made available to a remote user or process.

A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels) / A large number of items; a large inventory.

plural of host