Catering is the activity of providing food and drink for a large number of people, for example at weddings and parties.
His catering business made him a millionaire at 41.
He recently did the catering for a presidential reception. [+ for]
catering in British English
(ˈkeɪtərɪŋ)
noun
1.
the trade of a professional caterer
2.
the food, etc, provided at a function by a caterer
Examples of 'catering' in a sentence
catering
Slips and trips: Summary guidance for the catering industry.
Daisy Waugh TEN STEPS TO HAPPINESS (2003)
Harry had rather disturbing visions of Mark in every hotel and catering establishment they entered, asking if he could see the kitchen.
Gaskin, Catherine THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN (2003)
In other languages
catering
British English: catering /ˈkeɪtərɪŋ/ NOUN
Catering is the activity or business of providing food for people.
...a catering company.
American English: catering
Arabic: تَوْرِيدُ الطَّعَام
Brazilian Portuguese: serviço de bufê
Chinese: 饮食业
Croatian: opskrbljivanje hranom
Czech: cateringové služby
Danish: catering
Dutch: catering
European Spanish: catering
Finnish: pitopalvelu
French: restauration
German: Catering
Greek: κέιτερινγκ
Italian: ristorazione
Japanese: ケータリング
Korean: 케이터링
Norwegian: bevertning
Polish: katering
European Portuguese: catering
Romanian: catering
Russian: ресторанное обслуживание
Latin American Spanish: servicio de comidas y bebidas
Swedish: catering
Thai: การจัดอาหาร
Turkish: catering
Ukrainian: ресторанне обслуговування
Vietnamese: việc cung cấp thực phẩm
All related terms of 'catering'
cater
In British English , to cater for a group of people means to provide all the things that they need or want . In American English, you say you cater to a person or group of people.
mass catering
the trade of supplying food and drink to large numbers of customers at the same time
self-catering
If you go on a self-catering holiday or you stay in self-catering accommodation, you stay in a place where you have to make your own meals .
catering school
a further education college where you learn to cook as a profession
catering college
a further education college where you learn to cook as a profession
catering manager
the person in charge of the catering in a place or at an event
Chinese translation of 'catering'
catering
(ˈkeɪtərɪŋ)
n(u)
(= industry) 饮(飲)食业(業) (yǐnshíyè)
(for specific occasion) 酒席承办(辦) (jiǔxí chéngbàn)
to do the catering承办(辦)饮(飲)食 (chéngbàn yǐnshí)
cater
(ˈkeɪtəʳ)
vi
to cater for (= supply food for)[occasion, wedding, party]承办(辦) (chéngbàn)
to cater for or (US) to sth[sb's needs, tastes]迎合某事 (yínghé mǒushì)
to cater for or (US) to sb[readers, consumers]迎合某人 (yínghé mǒurén)