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noun
- A delay.
- I had a very long at the airport security check.
Translations: verb
- (transitive) to delay movement or action until the arrival or occurence of; to await
- You'll just have to your turn.
- (intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness
- Wait here until your car arrives.
- (intransitive) To serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
- She used to down at the Dew Drop Inn.
Translations: - Dutch: bedienen
- French: attendre
- German: bedienen
(trans-mid)
- Spanish: esperar
Etymology: From Old Northern French waitier, a variant of Old French guatier (modern guetter "watch for"), from Germanic.
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