serving

Definition

  • noun: an amount of food or drink that is enough for one person
  • noun: a helping of food or drink

Examples

  • I'm afraid all of our salespeople are 'serving' other customers right now.

  • This recipe makes four 'servings' [='helpings'] of rice and beans.

  • According to the package, one 'serving size' is 6 ounces.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) kicked around all of his life. You know, born in a slum, mother dead since he was nine. He lived for a year and a half in an orphanage when his father was serving a jail term for forgery. That's not a very happy beginning. He's a wild, angry kid. That's all he's ever been. And you know why? (..)
    1957 12 Angry Men