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to valet

1 5.5
To park a guest's car at a hotel or restaurant
  • verb
  • /væˈleɪ/
  • US
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  • She wants to hire dancers, throw parties, and have parking attendants valet her guests' cars.
  • valet the car

Examples

  • I'm Chet and I'll be happy to valet your car.

  • Let's say that you go valet your car and you give a valet, you get a valet stub.

  • It's too expensive to valet here.

  • In Los Angeles, anyone with three dollars can valet park.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • So I was valeting cars and up to no good.

  • So that's like another Oh my gosh, you valet a car?

  • So that's like another, Oh my gosh, you valet a car?

  • just valet it.

  • i'm not valeting.

  • At the restaurant, the staff will valet your car for a small fee.

Compounds

8 3.5

A service at hotels or restaurants where a person parks and brings back your car for you

1 9.9

A man who cares for a person's clothes and personal needs in a house or court

How Helpful

concierge
38 6.3
porter
71 2.3
bellhop
  • US
19 3.2
to valet
  • US
1 5.5
doorman
106 1.2

Surface Forms

valet infinitive
valeted past
valeted past participle
valeting present participle
valets third person singular

Etymology

Valet as a verb for cars comes from the job name valet, so to valet a car is simply to park or look after it for someone as a service.