hospitality

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Friendly and generous treatment of guests and visitors.

   Please thank our hosts for their hospitality during our stay.

2. 2
   noun

   The business of providing food, drink, and places to stay, such as hotels and restaurants.

   After graduating, she found a job in hospitality.

From Middle English hospitalite, from Old French hospitalité (modern French hospitalité), from Latin hospitālitās (“hospitality”), from hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“guest", "host”). Displaced native Old English cumlīþnes (literally “guest gentleness”).

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