Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Cordial and generous reception of or disposition toward guests.
- noun An instance of cordial and generous treatment of guests.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or with liberality and kindness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or with kind and generous liberality.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act or service of
welcoming ,receiving ,hosting , orentertaining guests - noun business The business of providing catering, lodging and entertainment service.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun kindness in welcoming guests or strangers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The "y'all come see me" kind of hospitality is an African tradition that they brought over.
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This kind of hospitality is infectious and makes traveling in Mexico a joy.
Everybody's Happy At Morelos's Las Huertas Adventure Paradise 2008
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This kind of hospitality is infectious and makes traveling in Mexico a joy.
Everybody's Happy At Morelos's Las Huertas Adventure Paradise 2008
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(MCD) to Marriott (MAR) to Carnival (CCL) to Starwood (HOT) to MGM (MGM) and Las Vegas Sands (LVS) - basically what we call hospitality.
unknown title 2011
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(MCD) to Marriott (MAR) to Carnival (CCL) to Starwood (HOT) to MGM (MGM) and Las Vegas Sands (LVS) - basically what we call hospitality.
unknown title 2011
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(MCD) to Marriott (MAR) to Carnival (CCL) to Starwood (HOT) to MGM (MGM) and Las Vegas Sands (LVS) - basically what we call hospitality.
unknown title 2011
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Meanwhile, unobtrusively, Stoke companies continued to produce crockery for what they call the hospitality industry, where demand grew as eating-out replaced eating-in.
Fire returns to the Potteries' heart Ian Jack 2010
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You work in hospitality and sales and hate shaking hands with people under any circumstances?
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I work in hospitality and sales, and even though I hate shaking hands with people under any circumstances, I really don't want to after reading about how easy the swine flu spreads.
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I work in hospitality and sales, and even though I hate shaking hands with people under any circumstances, I really don't want to after reading about how easy the swine flu spreads.
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