# beverage

Pronunciation: say "BEV-rij" /ˈbɛv(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/

## Noun

1. Any drink meant to be consumed (such as tea, coffee, beer, juice, or a soft drink) usually not counting plain water.
   - Simple: A drink such as tea, coffee, juice, milk, or soda, but usually not plain water.
   - _The flight attendant offered each passenger a beverage before takeoff._
   - _The café lists a dozen cold beverages on its summer menu._

## Noun

2. A small sum of money given as a gift, meant for the recipient to spend on a drink. *(archaic, British)*
   - Simple: Money given to someone so they can buy a drink, like a small tip.
   - _The footman expected a few coins as beverage whenever he ran an errand for the household._
   - _He pressed a shilling into the boy's hand as beverage for his trouble._

## Origin

From Middle English beverage, from Old French beverage (a variant of bevrage), from beivre "to drink" (a variant of boivre), which comes from Latin bibō. It is related to imbibe.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/beverage (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).