cakeage
/ˈkeɪkɪd͡ʒ/
cakeage noun: a fee levied by a restaurant on customers who bring their own cake (such as a birthday cake) rather than buying one on the premises.
Noun
cakeage (uncountable)
- A fee levied by a restaurant on customers who bring their own cake (such as a birthday cake) rather than buying one on the premises.
- Corkage fee: $10.00 per 750 ml bottle; "cakeage" (if you bring your own birthday cake) $2.25 per person.2003, Kathleen Thompson Hill, Napa Valley: Land of Golden Vines, page 171
- Large groups are easily accommodated, though be warned, a 'cakeage' fee of $1.50 per head will be charged to birthday revellers.2010, Lisa Dempstere, The Australian Veg Food Guide 2011, page 191
Origin of cakeage
From cake + -age, modelled on corkage.
Questions about cakeage
- What does cakeage mean?
- Cakeage means a fee levied by a restaurant on customers who bring their own cake (such as a birthday cake) rather than buying one on the premises.
- What part of speech is cakeage?
- Cakeage is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cakeage?
- Cakeage is pronounced /ˈkeɪkɪd͡ʒ/.
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