Waitering
noun
1.
the occupation of a waiter.
noun
1.
a person, especially a man, who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
2.
a tray for carrying dishes, a tea service, etc.; salver.
3.
a person who waits or awaits.
4.
Obsolete. an attendant.
verb (used without object)
5.
to work or serve as a waiter:
to waiter in a restaurant.
noun
1.
a man whose occupation is to serve at table, as in a restaurant
2.
an attendant at the London Stock Exchange or Lloyd’s who carries messages: the modern equivalent of waiters who performed these duties in the 17th-century London coffee houses in which these institutions originated
3.
a person who waits
4.
a tray or salver on which dishes, etc, are carried
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