cakeage
/ˈkeɪkɪd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A fee levied by a restaurant on customers who bring their own cake (such as a birthday cake) rather than buying one on the premises.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Corkage fee: $10.00 per 750 ml bottle; "cakeage" (if you bring your own birthday cake) $2.25 per person."
- "Large groups are easily accommodated, though be warned, a 'cakeage' fee of $1.50 per head will be charged to birthday revellers."
- ""[r]estaurants often charge customers to cut and plate the cake. Sometimes they add a scoop of ice cream. The practice has come to be called cakeage. It’s a play on corkage, the fee a restaurant levies to open a bottle of wine brought by the customer.""