What is luncheon?
Dnyaneshwari Thakur is MA with specialisation in English from a university in Maharashtra. A resident of NOIDA, she is a regular reader of the Times of India. Here is her input for this post:
I came across an interesting word " Luncheon" in TOI ( Times Nation ) Section on page number 18 - dated 14th April 2010. I could somehow guess that it had something to do with lunch. I immediately referred to Oxford Dictionary to understand the meaning, exact connotation and usage of this word. According to oxford, it means " formal lunch" which refers to a mid day meals in high profile meetings.
I asked husband Dhananjay if this word is used in IT industry, where he works,to describe corporate meals ( Dinner / Lunch). He was also not aware of the same.
Luncheon is also used in several other contexts - Luncheon Meat ( Block of Ground Meat ready to cut & Eat), Luncheon Voucher - A voucher issued to employees and exchangable for food at restaurants and shops. To this, Dhananjay immediately reacted isn't that something like Sodex-HO Pass :)
I came across an interesting word " Luncheon" in TOI ( Times Nation ) Section on page number 18 - dated 14th April 2010. I could somehow guess that it had something to do with lunch. I immediately referred to Oxford Dictionary to understand the meaning, exact connotation and usage of this word. According to oxford, it means " formal lunch" which refers to a mid day meals in high profile meetings.
I asked husband Dhananjay if this word is used in IT industry, where he works,to describe corporate meals ( Dinner / Lunch). He was also not aware of the same.
Luncheon is also used in several other contexts - Luncheon Meat ( Block of Ground Meat ready to cut & Eat), Luncheon Voucher - A voucher issued to employees and exchangable for food at restaurants and shops. To this, Dhananjay immediately reacted isn't that something like Sodex-HO Pass :)
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