prostitute

IPA: prˈɑstʌtut

Any person (especially a woman) who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood.
A woman who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood.
A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage.

(transitive, reflexive) To offer (oneself or someone else) for sexual activity in exchange for money.
(transitive, derogatory) To sacrifice (oneself, one's talents etc.) in return for profit or other advantage; to exploit for base purposes.

(obsolete) Debased, corrupt; seeking personal gain by dishonourable means.
Taking part in promiscuous sexual activity, licentious; (later, chiefly as attributive use of noun) that is a prostitute.
(obsolete) Exposed, subjected (to something shameful).

Examples of "prostitute" in Sentences

Why were the authors afraid to use the word prostitute?
The only thing worse than a prostitute is a cheap prostitute.
Proverbs 23: 27-28: For a prostitute is a deep pit and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
The profession of the prostitute is a livelihood; the profession of the wife and mother is not.
Of these options hiring a prostitute is the least threatening to marriage but it's the only option which is illegal.
'My child does not know what a prostitute is and she shouldn't be learning that at school,' the student's mother said.
Do they really believe that during a recession, 17 months in prison for a prostitute is a worthy use of their tax money?
All of the postings so far reinforce the common-sense observation that the only real difference between a gold digger and a prostitute is the number of johns. —
By "hot coffee" logic paying for sex with a prostitute is all fine and well but having a consensual sexual relationship with a partner you have gotten to know through several dates is unacceptable.