couvert

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noun

cover charge

OriginFrench couvert →
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Meanings

nouncouvert (plural couverts)

plural couverts

  1. cover charge

    […] the habit of hotel restaurants charging a couvert to residents, and of clubs charging table money to their own members.

    1965, The Spectator
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    Earl Carroll's Theater-Restaurant, 6230 Sunset Blvd. Dinner from 7:30 to 11 p.m., no couvert; without dinner, admission charge.

    1941, Federal Writers' Project, Los Angeles: A Guide to the City and Its Environs

    The couvert is a “cover charge” that is a prima facie charge for bread, which is brought to the table automatically in most places.

    2010, Karen Torme Olson, Frommer's Croatia

Origin

  1. Frenchcouvert
  2. Frenchcouvert
  3. Englishcouvert

Borrowed from French couvert.

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APA

couvert. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/couvert

MLA

“couvert.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/couvert. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “couvert,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/couvert.

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