cakeage
/ˈkeɪkɪdʒ/noun [mass noun] informal
A charge made by a restaurant for serving a cake that they have not supplied themselves: they told me I was welcome to bring a birthday cake and there would be no cakeage [as modifier]: the standard cakeage rate in Melbourne was $3.50 a head...
- A group of diners at a birthday bash were given the okay to bring in a cake but the waiter failed to mention there would be a $3 a person cakeage charge.
- Large groups are easily accommodated, but a cakeage fee of $1.50 per head will be charged to birthday revellers.
- Zero in on the venues most suitable, and then enquire about the nitty-gritty such as whether they charge cakeage, allow you to bring in your own alcohol etc.
Origin
1990s (originally Australian): from cake + -age, on the pattern of corkage.
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