room service

American  

noun

1. the serving of food, drinks, etc., to a guest in their room, as at a hotel.

2. the department or section, as at a hotel, responsible for rendering service of food, drinks, etc., to a guest in their room.

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room service British  

noun

1. service in a hotel providing meals, drinks, etc, in guests' rooms

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Etymology

Origin of room service

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

He’s about to schlep through a 162-game season with them: plane trips, batting practice, 1 a.m. room service steak dinners in antiseptic luxury hotels.

From The Wall Street Journal

Instead, they’re bringing in extra money with the charcoal bedtime lattes they’re ordering from room service and the upgrades for AI-powered beds that analyze sleep quality and hotel-offered sleep doctors.

From The Wall Street Journal

For two days, she sleeps until 1 p.m. or 2 p.m., orders room service, takes a nap before dinner and then sleeps through the night.

From The Wall Street Journal

While stationed at Fort Gordon in Georgia, he appeared in a production of “Room Service.”

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We would order a cheese platter from room service and debate whether I should become a neurosurgeon or a senator.

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