beverage
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of beverage
1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French beverage, bevarage, equivalent to be ( i ) vre to drink + -age -age
Explanation
A beverage is any type of drink. It's something you might offer a guest in your house; it's also the favorite moniker of companies that manufacture both soda and juice — they call themselves beverage companies. One of the most popular beverages in history is Coca-Cola, developed in 1886. Initially, Coke was called a brain tonic for intellectuals. Ingredients of the original recipe included coca leaves and cola nuts, and until 1909 contained small amounts of cocaine. Today, the Coca Cola company markets hundreds of beverages including soft drinks, juices, and sports drinks.
Vocabulary lists containing beverage
Example Sentences
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Sales by volume of Diet Coke increased by just 1.3% in the first nine months of 2025, according to the industry publication Beverage Digest.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Beverage options are also “limited due to upmass constraints, which restrict how much food and drink can be carried onboard.”
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026
Under emergency state regulations two years ago, California banned these specific hemp products and agents with the state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control seized thousands of products statewide.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
"The beverage industry is actually a system of small, independent businesses, some of which have been in the same families for generations," a spokesman for the American Beverage Association tells the BBC.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
The American Beverage Association had promised to improve the clarity of its ingredient labeling.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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