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catering

catering

72 2.9
A business that provides food and drink for events or workplaces
  • noun
  • /ˈkeɪtərɪŋ/
translation icon : servicio de catering
  • After browsing several menus, we decided to choose a local catering business for the birthday party.
  • catering services
  • catering industry
  • restaurants and catering

And the problem was the catering team and they were great.

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Examples

  • The restaurant and catering trade also provides large quantities of squid to Spaniards and tourists.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Businesses such as construction, wholesale, retail, transport, and hotel and catering account for 99% of SMEs.

    Academic text (2011)
  • I have my own catering business now.

  • Your father just got the catering bill.

  • The new program uses catering services to prepare and deliver lunches for primary and secondary schools.

    Academic text (2009)
  • I'll arrange the catering.

  • We've persuaded Toddy Buchanan to do the catering and run the bar, and produce some sort of breakfast.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • For her wedding, Sarah hired a professional catering service to provide delicious food and drinks.

  • The company's catering team arrived early to set up for the corporate event in the conference hall.

How Comprehensive

catering
72 2.9
buffet
85 2.3
self-service
1 3.4

Surface Forms

catering singular
caterings plural

Morphology

catering = cater (transparent) = cater + ing

Derived straightforwardly from the verb 'cater' with the deverbal '-ing' forming a noun for the activity or business.

Etymology

Catering comes from the verb cater, which originally meant 'to buy food' in Old French and was used for people who supplied meals. So, catering today is the business of providing food and drink, often at events or workplaces.