food-to-go

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English

Etymology

From food +‎ to go.

Noun

food-to-go (uncountable)

(US, attributive) takeaway (restaurant that sells food to be eaten elsewhere)
- 2012 January 24, Jean Doppenberg, Food Lovers' Guide to Napa Valley: The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings‎, Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, page 204:
  Many of the Latin markets in Napa Valley also have a food-to-go counter, and I’m so grateful they do. Vallarta Market is known for its reasonably priced, large selection of freshly prepared take-away Mexican food, with burritos for about six bucks and tacos for under two bucks.

Descendants

Vietnamese: food-to-go

Vietnamese

Etymology

From English food-to-go.

Pronunciation

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Phonetic spelling: phút tu gô

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Noun

food-to-go

(US) takeaway (restaurant that sells food to be eaten elsewhere)
- 2005 July 14, “Quận Cam Xiết Gắt Kỹ Nghệ Thực Phẩm Vn [Orange County intensely tightens Vietnamese food production]”, in Việt Báo‎, Garden Grove, California, retrieved 2021-01-18:
  Quyết định này sẽ biến đổi phần lớn cách kinh doanh của các tiệm food-to-go và những người sản xuất bỏ mối. Vì chỉ riêng thì giờ lái xe bỏ mối đã chiếm nhiều trong thời lượng 4 giờ trưng bán cho phép.
  This decision will affect most business at food-to-go shops and people who make consignment, because the driving time for consignment alone takes up much of the four hours allowed for sale.
- 2020 August 26, Đoan Trang, “Người vô gia cư ở California ‘chê’ phòng khách sạn [Homeless in California ‘scorn’ hotel rooms]”, in Nguoi Viet Daily News‎, Westminster, California, retrieved 2022-05-24:
  Buổi sáng, tại tiệm food-to-go ở khu Little Saigon, một anh vô gia cư tóc tai bù xù đứng chen lấn để mua thức ăn.
  In the morning, at a food-to-go in Little Saigon, a homeless man with ruffled hair jostled to buy food.

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