hospitality

hospitality
   free intoxicants
   In standard usage, the provision of a welcome and entertainment to a visitor. In broadcasting, a hospitality room is the place where the tongues of amateur broadcasters are loosened prior to going on air and to which the staff repair for free drinks:
    The landlord... was happy to stay open as long as Seddon Arms wanted a drink. Maxim was beginning to guess at the scale of the 'hospitality' which the arms business could afford. (Lyall, 1980)
    In the hospitality room George Foster stood with his clip-board in one hand. (Allbeury, 1982 — and a free drink in the other, no doubt)

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  • Hospitality — Hospitality …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

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  • hospitality — ► NOUN ▪ the friendly and generous treatment of guests or strangers …   English terms dictionary

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  • HOSPITALITY — In ancient Israel, hospitality was not merely a question of good manners, but a moral institution which grew out of the harsh desert and nomadic existence led by the people of Israel. The biblical customs of welcoming the weary traveler and of… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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