Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
cover
English answer:
customer/table setting in restaurant
Added to glossary by
Dave Calderhead
Dec 18, 2005 14:45
18 yrs ago
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English term
Poland
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cover
English
Bus/Financial
Tourism & Travel
"covers" in a hotel restaurant
The restaurant area in a Holiday Inn hotel is specified "based on the number of covers being equivalent to approx. XX% of the full occupancy and allowing for 1.5 m2/cover & 1.5 turns in a sitting".
Is "cover" = guest in the restaurant?
Just an explanation in English, please.
My other question regards "turns in a sitting" in the same sentence.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Is "cover" = guest in the restaurant?
Just an explanation in English, please.
My other question regards "turns in a sitting" in the same sentence.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Responses
| 5 +3 | yes - customer |
Dave Calderhead
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| 5 | A table setting for one person |
airmailrpl
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| 5 | teríték, férõhely |
juvera
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+3
11 mins
Dave Calderhead
Netherlands
Netherlands
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English
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Selected
yes - customer
covers = customers,
turns in a sitting = customer rotations/changes during one mealtime
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Note added at 1 hr 4 mins (2005-12-18 15:50:07 GMT)
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Some restaurants or clubs may impose a 'cover charge' for each customer/guest, often to help pay for entertinment provided.
refs: [to satisfy airmailp]
Cover Charge: A predetermined monetary amount charged to each guest of an establishment regardless of the nature or volume of their purchases.Example: A cover charge may be a cash amount required at the door of an establishment before entry will be granted....
http://www.microsacademy.com/Glossary/Glossary_C.asp
Times Online - Food & DrinkBoth menus also include one glass of Bordeaux wine, Vat and cover charge but not any ... Each restaurant has a limited number of covers available for this ...
www.timesonline.co.uk/section/0,,1149,00.html
The Mobile Food Guide - Queen Anne Restaurant - Kingsbridge - DevonQueen Anne Restaurant Buckland-Tout-Saints Hotel Goveton Kingsbridge Devon TQ7 2DS Phone: 0871 4744 159 ... Minimum cover charge - Twenty pounds per person. ...
www.themobilefoodguide.com/select/menu10245.php
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Note added at 1 hr 28 mins (2005-12-18 16:13:33 GMT)
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Note that minimum cover charge referred to above is the minimum price per customer/person
turns in a sitting = customer rotations/changes during one mealtime
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Note added at 1 hr 4 mins (2005-12-18 15:50:07 GMT)
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Some restaurants or clubs may impose a 'cover charge' for each customer/guest, often to help pay for entertinment provided.
refs: [to satisfy airmailp]
Cover Charge: A predetermined monetary amount charged to each guest of an establishment regardless of the nature or volume of their purchases.Example: A cover charge may be a cash amount required at the door of an establishment before entry will be granted....
http://www.microsacademy.com/Glossary/Glossary_C.asp
Times Online - Food & DrinkBoth menus also include one glass of Bordeaux wine, Vat and cover charge but not any ... Each restaurant has a limited number of covers available for this ...
www.timesonline.co.uk/section/0,,1149,00.html
The Mobile Food Guide - Queen Anne Restaurant - Kingsbridge - DevonQueen Anne Restaurant Buckland-Tout-Saints Hotel Goveton Kingsbridge Devon TQ7 2DS Phone: 0871 4744 159 ... Minimum cover charge - Twenty pounds per person. ...
www.themobilefoodguide.com/select/menu10245.php
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Note added at 1 hr 28 mins (2005-12-18 16:13:33 GMT)
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Note that minimum cover charge referred to above is the minimum price per customer/person
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Yi-Hua Shih
20 mins
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Thanks, (:-)>
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airmailrpl
: any references showing covers = customers ??
29 mins
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Yes - see above - plus many years serving tables as student in seaside home at Weymouth, Dorset, UK - or doesn't live and life experience count any more?
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Rebecca Barath
: completely, I did the same...:)
14 hrs
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Thanks, Becky (:-{)>
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Romanian Translator (X)
19 hrs
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Thanks (:-{)>
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
1 hr
airmailrpl
Brazil
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A table setting for one person
cover
Dictionary
cov·er (kŭv'ər) pronunciation
A table setting for one person: Covers were laid for ten.
http://www.answers.com/topic/cover
Dictionary
cov·er (kŭv'ər) pronunciation
A table setting for one person: Covers were laid for ten.
http://www.answers.com/topic/cover
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Dave Calderhead
: "Cover" and "cover charge" can apply to a customer at a bistro, [night] club, disco, etc. where tables are not laid until customer is sitting and has ordered
9 mins
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56 mins
juvera
Works in field
teríték, férõhely
A francia 'couvert'-bõl ered a szó, és a vendéglõ kapacitását jelzi, váltás nélkül, egy ülésben.
Pont ezért mondja a szöveg is, hogy 1,5 m2/cover. Ennyi helyet adnak egy személyre.
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Note added at 1 hr 26 mins (2005-12-18 16:12:07 GMT)
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PLACE SETTING, NUMBER OF SEATING in the restaurant(in one sitting).
Originates from the French word 'couvert'. The 1.5m2/cover means, that is the amount of space allocated for one cover.
Sorry, I forgot which site I was on.
Pont ezért mondja a szöveg is, hogy 1,5 m2/cover. Ennyi helyet adnak egy személyre.
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Note added at 1 hr 26 mins (2005-12-18 16:12:07 GMT)
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PLACE SETTING, NUMBER OF SEATING in the restaurant(in one sitting).
Originates from the French word 'couvert'. The 1.5m2/cover means, that is the amount of space allocated for one cover.
Sorry, I forgot which site I was on.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
airmailrpl
: English language (monolingual) - can you translate??
5 mins
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| neutral |
Dave Calderhead
: suggest you ask the asker to copy this question into English - Polish if you want to answer it in Polish (:-{)>
28 mins
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Discussion
But, no. of covers(meaning guests/customers served) is succes factor for sitting/mealtime, regardless of how many places set.