Party host's timely order to give guests present? (10)
I believe the answer is:
attendance
'guests present?' is the definition.
(can refer to the number of people at an event)
'party host's timely order' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'party' could be 'dance' (dance is a kind of party) and 'dance' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to give' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for attendance that I've seen before include "Service" , "People present" , "all that turned up" , "how many are watching?" , "Presence; gate" .)