hospitality

Hospitality is defined as taking care of your guests and anticipating their needs.

(noun)

An example of hospitality is making the bed every morning for someone staying at your house.

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See hospitality in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. hospitalities

the act, practice, or quality of being hospitable; solicitous entertainment of guests

Origin: L hospitalitas < hospitalis: see hospital

See hospitality in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. hos·pi·tal·i·ties
  1. Cordial and generous reception of or disposition toward guests.
  2. An instance of cordial and generous treatment of guests.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English hospitalite

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin hospitālitās

Origin: , from hospitālis, of a guest; see hospital

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