Hospitality is friendly, welcoming behaviour towards guests or people you have just met.
Every visitor to Georgia is overwhelmed by the kindness, charm and hospitality ofthe people. [+ of]
Synonyms: welcome, warmth, kindness, friendliness More Synonyms of hospitality
2. uncountable noun
Hospitality is the food, drink, and other privileges which some companies provide for their visitors or clients at major sporting or other public events.
A few of us in the press were there, goggle-eyed at the lavish hospitality.
...corporate hospitality tents.
hospitality in British English
(ˌhɒspɪˈtælɪtɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-ties
1.
kindness in welcoming strangers or guests
2.
receptiveness
hospitality in American English
(ˌhɑspɪˈtæləti)
nounWord forms: pluralˌhospiˈtalities
the act, practice, or quality of being hospitable; solicitous entertainment of guests
Word origin
L hospitalitas < hospitalis: see UNRESOLVED CROSS REF
COBUILD Collocations
hospitality
generous hospitality
Examples of 'hospitality' in a sentence
hospitality
The club said tickets and hospitality were still provided for the family.
The Sun (2016)
Hospitality is about food, alcohol and making people happy.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There are also concerns that the church holds too much influence over councillors, who have accepted some gifts and lavish hospitality.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
But the days when lavish hospitality was expected and accepted are long gone.
Brian Hoey AT HOME WITH THE QUEEN: The Inside Story of the Royal Household (2002)
Most will come home with glowing reports about their food and hospitality.
The Sun (2010)
Pubs are perfectly placed to provide the hospitality at sites next to hotels.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
People in the hospitality industry there are genuinely hospitable.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We are primarily a hospitality company that happens to have film as one of its products.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But the food, hospitality and childcare are superlative.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He seems oblivious that he is ignoring their guest and offending an upset wife who has done her best to provide genuine hospitality.
Christianity Today (2000)
The hospitality of people here brings love, hope and joy.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
For me it's always been about hospitality and feeding people.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I tried not to feel corrupted by his small acts of kindness and hospitality.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The lavish hospitality was reciprocal.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Major group of hospitality people.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He converted the crumbling building into a luxurious hotel which opened in 2001 and is now owned by an independent hospitality company.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A worker beyond belief, exuding charm and hospitality.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It was the worst possible example of hospitality, food, ambience.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It's precisely not what food, hospitality and feeding people you love is all about.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The hospitality was lavish as we were put up in the gorgeous Savoy Hotel in the centre of the city.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It is an old inn, which has kept its charm and hospitality, making this family house worth a visit.
Conil, Jean & Conil, Christopher (ed) A Passion for Food (1989)
Those who went to see her in Tasmania were offered equally generous hospitality provided she didn't suspect they were just snooping.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Quotations
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some have entertained angels unawaresBible: Hebrews
hospitality: the virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and lodgingAmbrose BierceThe Devil's Dictionary
Welcome the coming, speed the going guestAlexander PopeImitations of Horace
When hospitality becomes an art, it loses its very soulMax BeerbohmAnd Even Now
In other languages
hospitality
British English: hospitality /ˌhɒspɪˈtælɪtɪ/ NOUN
Hospitality is friendly, welcoming behaviour towards guests or strangers.
Every visitor to Georgia notices the kindness and hospitality of the people.
American English: hospitality
Arabic: حُسْنُ الضِّيَافَةُ
Brazilian Portuguese: hospitalidade
Chinese: 好客
Croatian: gostoljubivost
Czech: pohostinnost
Danish: gæstfrihed
Dutch: gastvrijheid
European Spanish: hospitalidad
Finnish: vieraanvaraisuus
French: hospitalité
German: Gastfreundschaft
Greek: φιλοξενία
Italian: ospitalità
Japanese: 歓待
Korean: 환대
Norwegian: gjestfrihet
Polish: gościnność
European Portuguese: hospitalidade
Romanian: ospitalitate
Russian: гостеприимство
Latin American Spanish: hospitalidad
Swedish: gästfrihet
Thai: การรับรองแขก
Turkish: konukseverlik
Ukrainian: гостинність
Vietnamese: lòng hiếu khách
Chinese translation of 'hospitality'
hospitality
(hɔspɪˈtælɪtɪ)
n(u)
[of host, welcome]好客 (hàokè)
(Comm, = food, drink) 招待 (zhāodài)
(noun)
Definition
kindness in welcoming strangers or guests
Every visitor is overwhelmed by the hospitality of the people.
Synonyms
welcome
There was a wonderful welcome waiting for him when he arrived.
warmth
He greeted us both with warmth.
kindness
We have been treated with such kindness by everybody.
friendliness
She loves the friendliness of the people.
sociability
Enthusiasm, adaptability, sociability, and good health are essential.
conviviality
I love the conviviality of these little canal-side pubs.
neighbourliness
cordiality
They want to solve the problem in an atmosphere of cordiality.
heartiness
hospitableness
Quotations
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some have entertained angels unawares [Bible: Hebrews]hospitality: the virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and lodging [Ambrose Bierce – The Devil's Dictionary]Welcome the coming, speed the going guest [Alexander Pope – Imitations of Horace]When hospitality becomes an art, it loses its very soul [Max Beerbohm – And Even Now]
Additional synonyms
in the sense of conviviality
I love the conviviality of these little canal-side pubs.
Synonyms
sociability,
cheer,
festivity,
gaiety,
bonhomie,
jollity,
liveliness,
cordiality,
geniality,
joviality,
good fellowship,
merrymaking,
jollification
in the sense of cordiality
Definition
warmth of feeling
They want to solve the problem in an atmosphere of cordiality.