Yes it is. It can mean to provide something like a service or deal with something:
She can cater for the needs of others.
They had to cater for 100 guests at the party.
I will be unable to cater to your needs today. Who will cater the reception?
Who will cater Marc and Chelsea's wedding? I cannot expect you to cater to my needs. I learned how to open champagne bottles carefully when I helped my mom cater wedding receptions.
No, caterpillar is not a compound word.
cater
Cater is the word for 'provide food'.
pamper, cater, gratify, nourish, oblige, or satisfy
Those letters spell caret, cater, crate, react, and trace.
Don't cater to his whims. They will cater the party for us.
Kitty corner, which is used in the U.S. to mean diagonally opposite is a corruption of cater-corner. Cater itself is an obsolete word meaning four. Compare the french quatre.
Cater is a verb.
Brandon Cater's birth name is Brandon Michael Cater.
Cater Rand died in 1825.