Bedspace

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Also known as Bed space, this term is commonly used in a dormitory or a private bedroom for a single bed that is occupied or intended to be occupied under rental agreements. This is also associated with “apartments” and “room for rent”, and can be used to refer to the number of people an apartment or room could accommodate. For example, a small bedroom is considered as “one bedspace” if it could only accommodate a single bed. Consequently, a double bedroom would count as “two bedspaces”.

Tenants often find out about bedspace by word of mouth, street posters, and classifieds – in print or online media.

The term bedspace can also be used to refer to the part of a shared bed (usually that of a couple) where one sleeps, and is used by one spouse or partner when complaining about the other taking up more than half the bed.