all-you-can-eat

adjective

Offering unlimited food to a diner at a restaurant for a fixed price for as long as the diner continues to eat.

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Meanings

adjectiveall-you-can-eat (not comparable)
  1. literallynot comparableOffering unlimited food to a diner at a restaurant for a fixed price for as long as the diner continues to eat.

    JT's serves all-you-can-eat prime rib on Wednesday nights for $18.99.

    2007, Bob Sehlinger, Grant Rafter, Katie Brandon, Beyond Disney
    1 more example

    It's an all-you-can-eat deal, and students can use their meal cards at numerous campus snack bars and sandwich shops.

    1995, Edward B Fiske, The Fiske Guide to Colleges 1995
  2. broadlyfigurativelynot comparableOffering unlimited service for a fixed price per time period.

    Nokia has unveiled its all-you-can-eat Comes With Music package for the United Kingdom[…]

    2008 October 11, Billboard
    1 more example

    "Last year, when they came out with their all-you-can-eat, $19.95 per month service, it nearly brought them down."

    1998 January 19, Network World, volume 15, number 3
nounall-you-can-eat (plural all-you-can-eats)

plural all-you-can-eats

  1. An all-you-can-eat restaurant.

Translations

Finnish syö niin paljon kuin jaksat
  • syö niin paljon kuin jaksatoffering unlimited food to a diner at a restaurant
French à volonté
  • à volontéoffering unlimited food to a diner at a restaurant
Hungarian korlátlanfogyasztás (étel), korlátlanul/korlátlan mennyiségben fogyasztható
  • korlátlanfogyasztás (étel) (i)offering unlimited food to a diner at a restaurant
  • korlátlanul/korlátlan mennyiségben fogyaszthatóoffering unlimited food to a diner at a restaurant
Indonesian makan sepuasnya, makan sepuasnya
  • makan sepuasnyaoffering unlimited food to a diner at a restaurant
  • makan sepuasnyaoffering unlimited service for a fixed price per time period
Japanese 食べ放題, バイキング料理
  • 食べ放題 (tabehōdai)offering unlimited food to a diner at a restaurant
  • バイキング料理 (baikingu ryōri)offering unlimited food to a diner at a restaurant
  • バイキング (baikingu)offering unlimited food to a diner at a restaurant
Korean 무한리필
  • 무한리필 (muhallipil)offering unlimited food to a diner at a restaurant
Polish oferujący nielimitowane jedzenie, oferujący nielimitowaną usługę
  • oferujący nielimitowane jedzenieoffering unlimited food to a diner at a restaurant
  • oferujący nielimitowaną usługęoffering unlimited service for a fixed price per time period
Portuguese rodízio
  • rodíziooffering unlimited food to a diner at a restaurant
Spanish libre, tenedor libre
  • libreoffering unlimited food to a diner at a restaurant
  • tenedor libreoffering unlimited food to a diner at a restaurant
  • libreoffering unlimited service for a fixed price per time period
  • pase libreoffering unlimited service for a fixed price per time period
Cite this entry
APA

all-you-can-eat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all-you-can-eat

MLA

“all-you-can-eat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all-you-can-eat. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “all-you-can-eat,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all-you-can-eat.

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