suspended coffee

noun

A cup of coffee that a customer pays for in a café, but which is not actually dispensed at the time; rather, any disadvantaged person is later able to claim it without having to pay.

OriginItalian caffè sospeso →
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Meanings

nounsuspended coffee (countable and uncountable, plural suspended coffees)

plural suspended coffees

  1. countableuncountableA cup of coffee that a customer pays for in a café, but which is not actually dispensed at the time; rather, any disadvantaged person is later able to claim it without having to pay.

Origin

  1. Italiancaffè sospeso
  2. Englishsuspended coffee

Calque of Italian caffè sospeso.

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