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# caterer

«caterer» in Mova's school dictionary: **to provide food and drinks for events such as parties…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a caterer, caterers); verb cater

### meaning for a pupil

A person or company whose job is to provide food and drinks for events such as parties, weddings and meetings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caterer/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and maths problems: the caterer charges per guest, makes sandwiches for 30 people, etc. Phrases: hire a caterer, wedding caterer.

### examples

- The caterer brought sandwiches and cakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caterer/#x1)
- We hired a caterer for the school fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caterer/#x2)
- The caterer charged 12 dollars per guest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caterer/#x3)
- A good caterer plans for extra guests. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caterer/#x4)
- The caterer cooked food for 100 people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caterer/#x5)
- My aunt is a caterer who makes wedding cakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caterer/#x6)

### note

-er ending means a person who does the job (cater + er). In word problems, «per guest» prices from a caterer mean multiply by the number of guests.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «caterer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caterer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.