valet
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4.1
- noun
- /væˈleɪ/
- US
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aparcacoches
- After we checked in, I handed my keys to the valet and waited for him to park my car.
- valet parking
And and so he like we got to the valet and the valet guy wasn't there.
- And and so he like we got to the valet and the valet guy wasn't there.
- But I walked outside to the valet area and they had four employees working out there.
- OK, so as the valet is bringing the Ford Focus around, she's coming out.
- And then Jason Statham walked out and gave the ticket to the valet.
- They had like the parking spots marked off for valet, like you couldn't park there during the day or whatever.
- It's funny, you know my kids who are young and you know one of them working now he's a valet, you know, a nice resort.
- It's just like the the the law of bailment, which is how a valet parking garage works, or a coat check.
- He takes off out of the valet full speed.
- Pizza boy, valet parking, They're all chasing a dream.
- The old white people standing out side at the valet.
- And then these, you know, uniformed boy comes valet service.
- It was going to be built in the parking lot in the valet parking lot of a Nordstrom in San Francisco.
Examples
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By 8:30 A.M., BMWs, Mercedes, and Acuras began being parked by the finest red-jacketed valets money could hire.
Fiction book (1998) -
Outside the fashionable restaurant, parking valets brought their cars around.
Fiction book (2001) -
But I walked outside to the valet area and they had four employees working out there.
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Well, you know, next party we have, we ought to get us a valet.
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20 feet away is the parking valet. 10 incredibly fast, expensive European cars are waiting to be parked.
Fiction book (1996) -
Valet parking at the casino up ahead.
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The consulate pool car pulled to a stop in front of them, and the valet got out.
Fiction book (2001) -
One of the latest trends on university campuses across the nation is the introduction of valet parking for students.
Academic text (2011) -
Features include deluxe accommodations for one night and valet parking for one vehicle.
Blog text (7) -
The valet was quick and efficient, ensuring that all guests had their cars parked safely.
Synonyms
2
4.2
A person who puts cars into empty spaces at a garage or lot
Compounds
8
3.5
A service at hotels or restaurants where a person parks and brings back your car for you
- Archaic
1
9.9
A man who cares for a person's clothes and personal needs in a house or court
Surface Forms
Etymology
Valet comes from the old French valet meaning 'servant', and over time the idea of a helpful attendant moved to new jobs, so a valet today can be the person who looks after and parks guests' cars.