v., -tered, -ter·ing, -ters.

v.intr.

1. To provide food or entertainment.
2. To be particularly attentive or solicitous; minister: The nurses catered to my every need. The legislation catered to various special interest groups.

v.tr.

1. To provide food service for: a business that caters banquets and weddings.
2. To attend to the wants or needs of.

[From obsolete cater, a buyer of provisions, from Middle English catour, short for acatour, from Norman French, from acater, to buy, from Vulgar Latin *accaptāre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin captāre, to chase; see catch.]

caterer ca'ter·er n.

verb

1. To treat with indulgence and often overtender care: baby, coddle, cosset, indulge, mollycoddle, overindulge, pamper, spoil. See treat well/treat badly/treat.
2. To comply with the wishes or ideas of (another): gratify, humor, indulge. See resist/yield.

IN BRIEF: To provide food and services for parties.

The restaurant will cater parties for the president of the company.

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: provide what is desired or needed, esp. support, food or sustenance
  Synonyms: provide, supply, ply

Meaning #2: supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - skaffe mad, levere fødevarer
v. tr. - levere mad til, imødekomme, appellere til

Nederlands (Dutch)
maaltijden verzorgen, in een behoefte voorzien

Français (French)
v. intr. - (US) fournir la nourriture pour
v. tr. - préparer de repas pour, accueillir (des invités), s'adresser à, pourvoir à, assurer l'organisation de, satisfaire (un caprice)

Deutsch (German)
v. - Speisen u. Getränke liefern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - τροφοδοτώ, (επι)σιτίζω, προμηθεύω (τρόφιμα κ.λπ.), εξυπηρετώ (ανάγκες κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
provvedere cibi e bevande, venire incontro a

Português (Portuguese)
v. - fornecer

Русский (Russian)
обеспечивать готовой пищей

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - proveerse o abastecerse de comida
v. tr. - proveer o abastecer de comida

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - leverera mat, arrangera

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
备办食物, 投合, 满足, 为...提供饮食, 承办的酒席

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 備辦食物, 投合, 滿足
v. tr. - 為...提供飲食, 承辦的酒席

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 음식물을 조달하다, 요구에 응하다
v. tr. - ~의 음식을 준비하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 料理などを提供する, 用命に応ずる, 迎合する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) زود بالطعام, مون‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮סיפק (מזון או בידור), סיפק כל תשוקה‬
v. tr. - ‮סיפק (מזון או בידור)‬

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