à la carte
adjective, adverb
an à la carte menu has foods that have separate prices instead of combined into a meal that costs a fixed price
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adjective, adverb
an à la carte menu has foods that have separate prices instead of combined into a meal that costs a fixed price
adjective
a restaurant that serves all-you-can-eat food will continue serving you as much of that food as you want for a fixed price (=price that will not increase or decrease)
verb
to bring your own alcoholic drinks with you to a restaurant that does not serve alcohol
abbreviation
bring your own: used by restaurants to show that they do not sell alcohol but that people can bring their own
noun
a piece of paper that you are given in a restaurant showing you how much money you owe. Another word for this is bill, which is the usual British word
noun
money added to the bill in a restaurant in addition to the cost of the food and service
noun
a bag or box that you take home from a restaurant, containing the food that you did not finish eating
noun
a piece of equipment like a small elevator used for moving food and dishes up and down between the floors of a restaurant
noun
an amount of money added to your check in a restaurant to help to pay the waiter
noun
a formal way of serving food, usually in a restaurant. The waiter serves food from dishes onto people’s plates.
noun
a menu in a restaurant that offers a fixed price for meals. A menu on which each dish has a separate price is an à la carte menu.
to serve people in a store or restaurant
served on a particular day in a restaurant
if you order food to go from a restaurant, you take it and eat it somewhere else
to serve food to people in a restaurant or café
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