Meaning

The act or service of welcoming, receiving, hosting, or entertaining guests; an appropriate attitude of openness, respect, and generosity toward guests..

Definitions by Sense

1. The act or service of welcoming, receiving, hosting, or entertaining guests; an appropriate attitude of openness, respect, and generosity toward guests.
2. (business) The business of providing catering, lodging and entertainment service; the industry which includes the operation of hotels, restaurants, and similar enterprises.
3. The food, drink, and entertainment given to customers by a company or organization or provided to visitors by a private host.

Example Sentences

Please thank our hosts for their hospitality during the week that we stayed.

"Quarrels!" said Charles; "do not use so disagreeable a word. I am thinking of nothing but the thanks I owe Lord Avonleigh for his hospitality"—Lord Avonleigh bent to the very edge of the table—"and the favours I am about to ask."

In Ancient Times, as Story tells, / The Saints would often leave their Cells, / And ſtrole about, but hide their Quality, / To try good Peoples Hoſpitality.

Mr Venus, reminded of the duties of hospitality, produced some rum.

We were over the border here, into Northern Ireland, and the post office had a very English atmosphere. It was pleasant, too, much as we enjoyed the hospitality of the Republic, to be buying stamps with the Queen's head on them, and to be posting our cards in a red pillar-box, instead of a green one.

After graduating from college, she found a job in hospitality.

Word Forms

• hospitalities

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Use hospitality when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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