table d'hôte

Definition

a menu offering a complete meal, with little choice, at a fixed price

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French table d'hôte (“table of the host”).

Example Sentences

• "The increases from December 4 in the prices of table d'hôte meals in British Railways restaurant cars were expected, in view both of a general upward trend in meal prices in the catering trade and of the fiat that train meals must pay for themselves."