Cater

[Ca·ter]

To cater means to supply food for meetings or celebrations. If you're having a big barbecue party but would rather hang out with your friends than grill, you could pay someone to cater it.

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A provider; a purveyor; a caterer.

Verb
supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets

Verb
provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"

n.
A provider; a purveyor; a caterer.

n.
To provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions.

n.
By extension: To supply what is needed or desired, at theatrical or musical entertainments; -- followed by for or to.

n.
The four of cards or dice.

v. t.
To cut diagonally.

Cater

Ca"ter , n. [OE. catour purchaser, caterer, OF. acator, fr. acater, F. acheter, to buy, provide, fr. LL. accaptare; L. ad + captare to strive, to seize, intens, of capere to take, seize. Cf. Acater, Capacious.] A provider; a purveyor; a caterer. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Cater

Ca"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Catered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Catering.] [From Cater, n.] 1. To provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions.
[He] providently caters for the sparrow.
2. By extension: To supply what is needed or desired, at theatrical or musical entertainments; -- followed by for or to.

Cater

Ca"ter, n. [F. quatre four.] The four of cards or dice.

Cater

Ca"ter, v. t. To cut diagonally. [Obs.] Halliwell.

A provider; a purveyor; a caterer.

To provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions.

The four of cards or dice.

To cut diagonally.

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Usage Examples

I think some people record songs and make records a certain way to cater to radio. If you're born to make commercial music that's cool. But if you're born to not make commercial records, maybe you're meant to cater to another market.

Misspelled Form

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