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a la carte

a la carte is the alternative form of à la carte.

Meaning of à la carte

Adverb

à la carte (not comparable)

  1. By ordering individually priced items from the menu.
    • There were two divisions in the restaurants I used to visit. One division, which was patronized by fairly well-to-do people, provided any number of courses from which one chose and paid for à la carte, each dinner thus costing from one to two shillings. The other division provided six-penny dinners...1925-29, Mahadev Desai (translator), M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Part I, chapter xvii
    Antonyms:
    table d'hôte

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Questions about a la carte

What is a la carte the alternative form of?
A la carte is the alternative form of à la carte.

Words near a la carte in the dictionary

  1. a kangaroo loose in the top paddock
  2. a kimbow
  3. a kin
  4. A Kung Ngam
  5. a la
  6. a la carte
  7. a la minute
  8. a la mode
  9. A language
  10. A languages
  11. A Laracha

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