valet service

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• valet service — ➔ service1 * * * valet service UK US noun [C] ► the service of cleaning clothes that some hotels offer their guests: »The hotel s valet service will return your clothing to you washed and pressed within 12 hours. ► the service of parking someone… …   Financial and business terms

• Valet parking — is a parking service offered by some restaurants, stores, and other businesses particularly in North America. In contrast to self parking , where customers find parking on their own, customers vehicles are parked for them by a person called a… …   Wikipedia

• valet parking — valet .parking also valet service n [U] AmE the service of having someone else park your car for you at a restaurant, hotel etc …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• service — ▪ I. service ser‧vice 1 [ˈsɜːvs ǁ ˈsɜːr ] noun 1. [countable usually plural] COMMERCE business that involves selling help and advice, or delivering goods etc for customers, rather than manufacturing goods: • He charged a £600,000 fee for… …   Financial and business terms

• valet — val|et1 [ˈvælıt, ˈvæleı US væˈleı] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: vaslet, valet young male servant , from Medieval Latin vassellittus, from vassus; VASSAL] 1.) a male servant who looks after a man s clothes, serves his meals etc →↑maid …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• valet parking — noun a service provided (at a club or restaurant or airport etc.) whereby a patron leaves a car at the entrance and an attendant parks and retrieves it • Hypernyms: ↑service * * * noun [noncount] US : a service in which guests at a hotel,… …   Useful english dictionary

• valet — 1 noun (C) 1 a male servant who looks after a man s clothes, serves his meals etc 2 BrE someone who cleans the clothes of people staying in a hotel 3 AmE someone who parks your car for you at a hotel or restaurant: valet service 2 verb (T) BrE to …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• VALET — ou VARLE Mot de la langue courante, de même origine (latin, vassaletus ) que le mot savant «vassal», employé pour qualifier l’homme entré librement en dépendance pour obtenir d’un plus puissant sa protection et un bienfait. Fut au Moyen Âge… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• valet — 1. (va lè ; le t ne se lie pas ; au pluriel, l s se lie : des va lè z adroits ; valets rime avec traits, succès, paix, etc.{{}}; dans quelques provinces on dit vâ lè{{}}; bien que fondée en raison, puisque l orthographe primitive est vaslet,… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

• Valet de chambre — Valet de chambre, or varlet de chambre, was a court appointment introduced in the late Middle Ages, common from the 14th century onwards. Royal Households had many persons appointed at any time. While some valets simply waited on the patron, or… …   Wikipedia

• Valet — and Varlet are terms for male servants who serve as personal attendants to their employer. In the Middle Ages, the valet de chambre to a ruler was a prestigious appointment for young courtiers, though in England, unlike France, these court roles… …   Wikipedia