Words / C1

hosp-i-TAL-uh-tee/ˌhɒspɪˈtæləti/

Hospitality is generous care of guests, or the hotel and catering industry: conference hospitality, hospitality management. Hospital (already in the dictionary) treats the sick — related root, different job. Welcome is everyday. Do not bill rewriting a paper as hospitality.

Meaning

Friendly, generous treatment of guests; also the hotel and catering trade.

Examples

• “Conference hospitality does not include rewriting a guest’s paper.”
• “Hospitality meant a room and a meal, not a ghost-writer for the keynote.”
• “The hospitality sector is hotels and catering; a hospital is medicine.”

Good to know

Care of guests; also the hotel/catering trade. Mix-up: hospital. Everyday: welcome. Not writing someone else’s essay.

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