cater

Definitions


[ˈkeɪtə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- provide people with food and drink at a social event or other gathering
(e.g: my mother helped to cater for the party)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century: from obsolete cater ‘caterer’, from Old French acateor ‘buyer’, from acater ‘buy’ (see cate)




definition by Oxford Dictionaries