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beveridge

beveridge is the obsolete form of beverage.

Meaning of beverage

Noun

beverage (countable and uncountable, plural beverages)

  1. A liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or a soft drink, often excluding water.
    • carbonated beverage
    Synonyms:
    drink
  2. (UK, archaic, slang) (A gift of) drink money.

See all 3 meanings of beverage

Proper noun capitalized: Beveridge

Beveridge (countable and uncountable, plural Beveridges)

  1. A surname from Middle English.
  2. A town in the City of Whittlesea and Shire of Mitchell, Victoria, Australia.
  3. An unincorporated community in Inyo County, California, United States.

Forms of beveridge

Noun
pluralbeveridges
Proper noun
pluralBeveridges
alternative formBerridge
alternative formBeverage

Origin of beveridge

From Middle English beverage, probably a nickname or an occupational surname.

Words formed from beveridge

Phrases with beveridge

Questions about beveridge

What does beveridge mean?
Beveridge means a surname from Middle English.
What is beveridge the obsolete form of?
Beveridge is the obsolete form of beverage.
What part of speech is beveridge?
Beveridge is a proper noun.

Words near beveridge in the dictionary

  1. bevered
  2. Beveren
  3. Beverens
  4. Beverford
  5. Beverhout
  6. beveridge
  7. Beveridge curve
  8. Beveridge curves
  9. Beveridge model
  10. Beveridge models
  11. Beveridgean

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Adapted from Wiktionary: beveridge (page history and authors); Beveridge (page history and authors); beverage (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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