wait on
Take restaurant orders
Wait on means to serve, especially in a restaurant or hospitality context: She waited on tables to pay for college.
In Southern and Midland American dialects, wait on also means to wait for: We're waiting on the bus.
This regional use is common in speech but sometimes criticized in formal writing.
To wait on someone hand and foot is to attend to their every need.
To give support
- helpAssistance given
- tendCare for or incline
- careAttentive regard for others
- ministerReligious leader or serve
serve · cater · support · aid · nurse · valet · butler · attendant
Consider likely to occur
- anticipateExpect beforehand
- contingentConditional or representative group
- pendingAwaiting resolution or decision
- conditionalDependent on prerequisites
hinge · rely · outcome · decision · results · approval · response · signal
assist
To give support
minister · serve · cater · support · aid · nurse · valet · butler · attendant · handmaiden
expect
Consider likely to occur
- anticipateExpect beforehand
- contingentConditional or representative group
- pendingAwaiting resolution or decision
conditional · hinge · rely · outcome · decision · results · approval · response · signal · verdict
waitress
Female restaurant attendant
- serverOne who attends tables
- dinerCasual American eatery
- restaurantPlace serving meals
table · order · menu · customer · tip · service · bistro · eatery · cafeteria · buffet
- portioningportion, divide, share, distribute, allocate
- expressions about providinggive and take, hand over, dish out, dole out, hand out
wait onself-serve
Customer does the work
help oneself · fend for oneself · self-service · do it yourself · DIY
on, watch, wait, waiting, waiter, await, awaiting, waits, waiters