The provision of a commodity, service, etc.; delivery, distribution. Cf. livery, n. Now historical.

The action of comforting, encouraging, or cheering up a person or thing; the fact of becoming more cheerful; an instance of any of these. In…

The supplying of stated meals; the obtaining of food, or food and lodging, at another person's house for a stipulated charge.

Giving of banquets (obsolete); indulgence in luxurious entertainment, feasting, carousal.

One's luck or chance with regard to what may be in the pot (i.e. cooked and available to eat), used originally and chiefly in reference to a…

Entertainment with food and drink; the right of demanding, or duty of supplying, such entertainment; an act or instance of this. Also: a charge…

The action of collation, v., in various senses.

= regalement, n. 1.

The providing or eating of supper; the entertaining of guests at supper; an instance of this. Occasionally also: the food eaten at supper.

An entertainment provided upon the birth of a child; the dainties then partaken of.

The action of treating or entertaining; one's part or turn to treat; an invitation to eat or drink.

The action or an act of regaling; refreshment, entertainment.

Entertainment, refreshment. Obsolete.

bed and board: entertainment with lodging and food. Of a wife: full connubial relations, as wife and mistress of the household.

bed and breakfast. the provision of a bed for a night and breakfast the following morning: an arrangement offered by hotels, boarding houses, etc…