caterer

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ca·ter

(kā′tər)

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 *accaptāre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin captāre, to chase; see catch.]

ca′ter·er n.

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caterer

(ˈkeɪtərə)

(Cookery) a person who caters, esp one who as a profession provides food for large social events, etc

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ca•ter•er

(ˈkeɪ tər ər)

n.

1. a person whose business is to provide food, supplies, and service at social gatherings.

2. a person who caters.

[1585–95]

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Noun

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

مُتَعَهِّدٌ بِتَزْويد الطّعام

dodavatelzásobovatel

cateringfirma

Lieferant

traiteur

élelmiszerszállítóellátásról gondoskodó cég

veitingamaîur

approvvigionatore

leverandør av selskapsmat

ikram hizmeti sunan kişikuruluş

提供饮食及服务的人

caterer

[ˈkeɪtərəʳ] N → proveedor(a) m/f de catering

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caterer

[ˈkeɪtərə^r] n (for party) → traiteur/euse m/f; (for school, organization) → fournisseur/euse m/f

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caterer

n (= company) → Lieferfirma f → für Speisen und Getränke; (for parties etc) → Partyservice m; (= owner, manager) → Gastronom(in) m(f)

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caterer

[ˈkeɪtərəʳ] n → chi si occupa di catering or ristorazione

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

cater

(ˈkeitə) verb

1. to provide food etc. We cater for all types of functions.

2. to supply what is needed. We cater for all educational needs.

ˈcaterer noun

ˈcatering noun

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