catering
noun
- commercial food service
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪt(ə)ɹɪŋ/ / /ˈkeɪ.tə.ɹɪŋ/ / /ˈkeɪ.tɚ.ɪŋ/
noun
- The business of providing food and related services; foodservice.
- The business of providing such services for special occasions.
- The act of one who caters (to something).
“Professional jealousies are always confined to the more ignorant; and education alone will enable us to rise above our catchpenny caterings to the prejudices and jealousies of the uninformed.”
verb
- present participle and gerund of cater