catering /ˈkeɪ.tə.ɹɪŋ/ noun3 •(UK, Philippines) The business of providing food and related services; foodservice. •(US) The business of providing such services for special occasions. •The act of one who caters (to something).Professional jealousies are always confined to the more ignorant; and education alone will enable us to rise above our catchpenny caterings to the prejudices and jealousies of the uninformed. — 1864 formscaterings