It mean you done got to pay for it.
Do you mean 'a meal where guests help themselves'? If so, 'buffet' is probably the word you are looking for.
"Going Dutch" indeed means that everyone pays for his/her own meal.
Buffet.
A filet cut is great for a gourmet meal, and will impress your guests.
a meal sytem where customers or guests generally serve themselves.
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It is generally not considered proper etiquette to ask guests to pay for their own meal, unless it is a pre-arranged agreement or for certain types of events such as fundraising dinners. As the host, you are typically expected to cover the cost of the meal when inviting someone to dine with you.
The buccina was also used on festive occasions to announce when dinner guests needed to sit down at the beginning of a meal and stand up at the end.
it is a type of service where guests help themselves from the food at the buffet table.
It depends on which meal is meant by "dinner". In the dutch language dinner is usually understood to be the last meal of the day, which translated would be "avondeten" or (for a bigger or fancy meal) "diner" (french word). There are just two other meals of the day in the dutch language: Breakfast is "ontbijt" and lunch is either the same word, or also "middageten". A small meal in between would be called a "tussendoortje".
Going Dutch.
They were called ξένοι(pronnounced 'xe-ni'). Additional information: In Ancient Greece, everyone was expected to treat foreigners with respect. They would welcome them as guests, treat them to a meal and wash their legs. After that, they would ask them questions about who they were, and then let them stay at their house for the night. The next day, they would bid them farewell and give them presents.