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What's cover?
This is from an article on Las Vegas. What's a cover at the door?
Drinks are not cheap ($7-$10) in the nice clubs,
neither is the cover at the door ($10-$20).
Drinks are not cheap ($7-$10) in the nice clubs,
neither is the cover at the door ($10-$20).
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} This is from an article on Las Vegas. What's a cover at the } door? } } Drinks are not cheap ($7-$10) in the nice clubs, } neither is the cover at the door ($10-$20).
- } This is from an article on Las Vegas.
- What's a cover at the } door?
- } } Drinks are not cheap ($7-$10) in the nice clubs, } neither is the cover at the door ($10-$20).
- An admission charge, typically where entertainment is offered, so people don't just nurse a cheap drink and keep a table from being used by paying customers.
- Better to say what dictionary you didn't find it in first.
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} This is from an article on Las Vegas. What's a cover at the } door?
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} Drinks are not cheap ($7-$10) in the nice clubs, } neither is the cover at the door ($10-$20).
An admission charge, typically where entertainment is offered, so people don't just nurse a cheap drink and keep a table from being used by paying customers. Better to say what dictionary you didn't find it in first.
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} Drinks are not cheap ($7-$10) in the nice clubs, } neither is the cover at the door ($10-$20).
An admission charge, typically where entertainment is offered, so people don't just nurse a cheap drink and keep a table from being used by paying customers. Better to say what dictionary you didn't find it in first.
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[nq:1]This is from an article on Las Vegas. What's a cover at the door? Drinks are not cheap ($7-$10) in the nice clubs, neither is the cover at the door ($10-$20).[/nq]
From the COD, tenth edition:
cover charge
n. a fee paid for admission to a restaurant, bar, or club.
Charles Riggs
For email, take the air out of aircom
and replace with eir
From the COD, tenth edition:
cover charge
n. a fee paid for admission to a restaurant, bar, or club.
Charles Riggs
For email, take the air out of aircom
and replace with eir
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[nq:1]This is from an article on Las Vegas. What's a cover at the door? Drinks are not cheap ($7-$10) in the nice clubs, neither is the cover at the door ($10-$20).[/nq]
(COD10)
cover charge
· n. a fee paid for admission to a restaurant, bar, or club.
(COD10)
cover charge
· n. a fee paid for admission to a restaurant, bar, or club.
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[nq:1]} This is from an article on Las Vegas. What's a cover at the } door? } } Drinks are ... keep a table from being used by paying customers. Better to say what dictionary you didn't find it in first.[/nq]
Never heard of it. Is this charge spelled out on a restaurant menu? Or you give it just like a tip with a unfixed amount. But instead of giving it after the meal, you give it before even
Never heard of it. Is this charge spelled out on a restaurant menu? Or you give it just like a tip with a unfixed amount. But instead of giving it after the meal, you give it before even
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[nq:1]Never heard of it. Is this charge spelled out on a restaurant menu?[/nq]
Yes, sometimes, though it more commonly pertains
to nightclubs than restaurants. It is most often collected at the door on entry.
Sometimes there is a minimum charge as well, as in "two-drink minimum" which you have to pay for
whether you order them or not.
Michael West
Melbourne, Australia
Yes, sometimes, though it more commonly pertains
to nightclubs than restaurants. It is most often collected at the door on entry.
Sometimes there is a minimum charge as well, as in "two-drink minimum" which you have to pay for
whether you order them or not.
Michael West
Melbourne, Australia
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[nq:2]Never heard of it. Is this charge spelled out on a restaurant menu?[/nq]
[nq:1]Yes, sometimes, though it more commonly pertains to nightclubs than restaurants. It is most often collected at the door on entry.[/nq]
Many restaurants in France have a cover charge, for in the better ones you have two sorts of bottled water on the table (still and fizzy) and they bring bread rolls and but
[nq:1]Yes, sometimes, though it more commonly pertains to nightclubs than restaurants. It is most often collected at the door on entry.[/nq]
Many restaurants in France have a cover charge, for in the better ones you have two sorts of bottled water on the table (still and fizzy) and they bring bread rolls and but
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