[noh-shoh] 
| 1. | a person who makes a reservation and neither uses nor cancels it. |
| 2. | a person who purchases an admission ticket and doesn't use it. |
| 3. | any absentee. |
| 4. | not appearing as scheduled or expected. |
| no-show (nō'shō') n. One that is expected but does not appear, especially: a. A person who reserves a place, as on an airplane, but neither uses nor cancels the reservation. adj. Requiring little or no actual attendance or work: a no-show political patronage job. |
