Meaning of cakeage | Babel Free

Definitions

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.

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Examples

“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."”

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