Crossword clues for catering
catering
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cater \Ca"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Catered; p. pr. & vb. n. Catering.] [From Cater, n.]
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To provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions.
[He] providently caters for the sparrow.
--Shak. By extension: To supply what is needed or desired, at theatrical or musical entertainments; -- followed by for or to.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (cx uncountable UK English) The business of providing food and related services; foodservice. 2 (cx uncountable US English) The business of providing such services for special occasions. 3 (cx countable English) The act of one who caters (to something). vb. (present participle of cater English)
WordNet
n. providing food and services
Wikipedia
Catering is the business of providing food service at a remote site or a site such as a hotel, public house (pub), or other location. Catering has evolved to become an artisanal affair. Caterers now create an experience that involves the senses.
The Catering functional constituency is in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It was created for the 2000 Legislative Council election to replace the Urban Council and Regional Council constituencies. The constituency is composed of holders of food business licences. It is also corresponding to the Catering Subsector in the Election Committee. Since its creation, it has been held by Liberal Party's Tommy Cheung.
A similar Hotels and Catering functional constituency was created for the 1995 election by the then governor Chris Patten with a much larger electorate base which composed of almost 70,000 voters.
Usage examples of "catering".
Notice in your own community how often the newspapers will notify you, as a businessperson, of an upcoming section covering fashion, catering, outdoor activities, music, electronics, boating and automobiles.
The street was filled cheek-by-jowl with pawnbrokers, wine merchants, import-export dealers, and chophouses, and all of them catering to seamen, tradesmen, and businessmen.
Before she realized it, Anne found herself telling him about her relationship with Joe and Iva, her position in the business, some of the perils and pleasures of catering, and one or two of the more humorous incidents that had occurred.
Catering to small-business owners and other bulk buyers, these bare-bones outlets charged wholesale prices for a wide variety of brand-name merchandise but required payment of an annual membership fee.
This was a delightful town, a tourist draw, catering to many Taiwanese and Western travelers.
There might have been better houses elsewhere in the tonier parts of town, catering discreetly to the native nabobs and unknown to the transient element.
Catering mostly to single men and women, the boarding houses served basic fare and usually required that customers eat quickly to make room for more diners.
Marla, with her inherited wealth and passion for shopping, would applaud the upward leap of my catering business.
Membership in the group guaranteed special coupons, special sales, valet parking, and events like the jewelry- leasing extravaganza I was catering that night.
Thank God I had learned to keep an emergency pack of catering clothes in my van.
Ellie McNeely, and that she had recommended my catering company to him.
I have a catering commitment to honor, and my reputation depends on not backing out of events.
Because of the catering business, I had to be extra careful about keeping the animals out of the kitchen.
Westside was in limbo over the lunch event I was supposed to be catering on Thursday.
Meanwhile, because it was not a catering day and because Tom had sworn to disinfect the kitchen over the weekend, the dogs were enjoying an unusual foray into the kitchen.