reception
noun [U] (WELCOME) /rɪˈsep.ʃən/Definition
B1 the place in a hotel or office building where people go when they first arrive: Ask for me at reception. I signed in at the reception desk.Passages and entrance areasHotels and hostels
(Definition of reception noun (WELCOME) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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