catering
NounUS[key-ter-ing]/ˈkeɪtɚɪŋ/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- providing food and servicesType of occupation, business
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Translations
Noun the business of providing food and related services
- Spanish
- catering
- French
- restauration
- German
- Catering
- Italian
- ristorazione
- Russian
- ке́йтеринг kéjtɛring
- Chinese
- 配餐 pèicān
- Japanese
- ケータリング kētaringu
- Polish
- catering
- Swedish
- förplägnad
- Greek
- τροφοδοσία trofodosía
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“catering” is listed under Cater.
Ca′ter intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Catered; present participle & verbal noun Catering.]
Origin: From Cater, noun
1. To provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions.
[He] providently caters for the sparrow.— William Shakespeare
2. By extension: To supply what is needed or desired, at theatrical or musical entertainments; — followed by for or to.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54