catering
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ca·ter
(kā′tər)v. ca·tered, ca·ter·ing, ca·ters
v.intr.
1. To provide food or entertainment.
2. To be particularly attentive or solicitous; minister: The nurses catered to my every need. The legislation catered to various special interest groups.
v.tr.
1. To provide food service for: a business that caters banquets and weddings.
2. To attend to the wants or needs of.
[From obsolete cater, a buyer of provisions, from Middle English catour, short for acatour, from Norman French, from acater, to buy, from Vulgar Latin *accaptāre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin captāre, to chase; see catch.]
ca′ter·er n.
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catering
(ˈkeɪtərɪŋ)n
1. (Cookery) the trade of a professional caterer
2. (Cookery) the food, etc, provided at a function by a caterer
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Noun | 1. | catering - providing food and services job, line of work, occupation, business, line - the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business" |
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Translations
cateringové službyzásobování
catering
pitopalvelu
opskrbljivanje hranom
élelmezés
veitingaòjónusta
ケータリング
케이터링
catering
การจัดอาหาร
cateringikram hizmetiyemek/yiyecek sağlama
việc cung cấp thực phẩm
catering
[ˈkeɪtərɪŋ]A. N → servicio m de comidas
a career in catering → una carrera en la hostelería
who did the catering? → ¿quién se encargó del servicio de comidas?
a career in catering → una carrera en la hostelería
who did the catering? → ¿quién se encargó del servicio de comidas?
B. CPD catering company N → empresa f de hostelería
catering industry, catering trade N → hostelería f, restauración f
catering industry, catering trade N → hostelería f, restauración f
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catering
[ˈkeɪtərɪŋ] n (= provision of food) → restauration fto do the catering for sth [+ function] → préparer des repas pour qch catering collegecatering college n → école f de cuisine
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catering
n → Versorgung f → mit Speisen und Getränken (→ for +gen); (= trade) → Gastronomie f; who’s doing the catering? → wer liefert das Essen und die Getränke?; catering service → Partyservice m; catering trade → (Hotel- und) Gaststättengewerbe nt
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cater
(ˈkeitə) verb1. to provide food etc. We cater for all types of functions.
2. to supply what is needed. We cater for all educational needs.
ˈcaterer nounˈcatering noun
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catering
→ تَوْرِيدُ الطَّعَام cateringové služby catering Catering κέιτερινγκ catering, servicio de comidas y bebidas pitopalvelu restauration opskrbljivanje hranom ristorazione ケータリング 케이터링 catering bevertning katering catering, serviço de bufê ресторанное обслуживание catering การจัดอาหาร catering việc cung cấp thực phẩm 饮食业Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009