catering

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.

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[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.]

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cater·er n.

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catering

Noun

the supplying of food for a social event

Thesaurus

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"

Translations

catering [ˈkeɪtərɪŋ] n (= trade) → hostelería

catering [ˈkeɪtərɪŋ] n → restauration f; approvisionnement m, ravitaillement m

catering [ˈkeɪtərɪŋ] cater n → Gastronomie f

catering [ˈkeɪtərɪŋ] n → approvvigionamento