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caterer

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ca·ter  (ktr)
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 *accaptre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin captre, to chase; see catch.]

cater·er n.

caterer [ˈkeɪtərə]
n
(Cookery) a person who caters, esp one who as a profession provides food for large social events, etc.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.caterer - someone who provides food and service (as for a party)caterer - someone who provides food and service (as for a party)
provider, supplier - someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity
Translations
caterer [ˈkeɪtərəʳ] Nproveedor(a) m/f de catering
caterer [ˈkeɪtərər] n (for party)traiteur/euse m/f; (for school, organization)fournisseur/euse m/f
caterer
n (= company)Lieferfirma ffür Speisen und Getränke; (for parties etc) → Partyservice m; (= owner, manager)Gastronom(in) m(f)
caterer [ˈkeɪtərəʳ] nchi si occupa di catering or ristorazione


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The big wholesale supply houses, the caterers for his hotels, and all the crowd that incessantly demanded to be paid, had their hot half-hours with him.
Such caterers as the meat-packers, who were among the first to realize what Bell had made possible, have greatly accelerated the wheels of their business by inter-city conversations.
The owners, who officiate as caterers for the voyage, supply the larder with an abundance of dainties.
 
 
 
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