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English translation: breakfast and one other meal, usually the evening meal

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English term or phrase:	half-board
English translation:	breakfast and one other meal, usually the evening meal
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21:52 Oct 1, 2010

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English term or phrase: half-board

Please note that for guests staying in the hotel within the period from 19 December to 27 December 2010, half-board and a beautiful Christmas Party with a gala dinner on Christmas Eve are included.

elsayed fayed KudoZ activity Questions: 226 (4 open) (12 closed without grading) Answers: 473 Egypt
Local time: 03:26

breakfast and one other meal, usually the evening meal

Explanation:
Board refers to food here. Half-board id breakfast and usually dinner/supper.

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Note added at 8 mins (2010-10-01 22:00:33 GMT)
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Half-board IS. Sorry. The room rate includes breakfast and another meal. Definition: half board. noun. Definition: U.K. bed, breakfast, and evening meal: the price of a room in a hotel for a night with breakfast and one main meal included ...encarta.msn.com/.../DictionaryResults.aspx?search=half+board - En caché

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Jenni Lukac
Local time: 03:26

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breakfast and one other meal, usually the evening meal

Jenni Lukac

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breakfast and one other meal, usually the evening meal

Jenni Lukac
Local time: 03:26
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thank you very much

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Nesrin

3 mins

-> Thanks and have a nice weekend, Nesrin.

agree

Jack Doughty

5 mins

-> You're up late Jack! Thanks and have a nice weekend.

agree

sibsab

1 hr

-> Cheers and thanks, sibsab. Have a nice weekend.

agree

Catharine Cellier-Smart

3 hrs

-> God morning Catherine. Have a nice weekend.

agree

Phong Le

6 hrs

-> Greetings Phong. Have a nice weekend.

agree

Maja Basara

8 hrs

-> Saludos Maja. Have a nice weekend.

agree

Goldcoaster: Have a nice weekeend, Jenni

10 hrs

-> Thanks Rolf. Greetings from the "Immortal City" and have a nice weekend.

agree

Thayenga

14 hrs

-> Thanks Thayenga. Have a nice weekend.

agree

British Diana: Yes, if both main meals are included it is called "full board" as in "full board and lodging" used e.g. in residential language courses or children's holiday camps etc.

15 hrs

-> Cheers and thanks, Diana. Have a nice weekend.

agree

jccantrell

17 hrs

-> Thanks, jc. Have a nice weekend.

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Non-PRO (3): sibsab, Catharine Cellier-Smart, Sheila Wilson

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Oct 2, 2010 - Changes made by Sheila Wilson:
Level	PRO => Non-PRO

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