cakeage en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkeɪkɪd͡ʒ/
Etymology
From cake + -age, modelled on corkage.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A fee levied by a restaurant on customers who bring their own cake (such as a birthday cake) rather than buying one on the premises.
Corkage fee: $10.00 per 750 ml bottle; "cakeage" (if you bring your own birthday cake) $2.25 per person.
2003, Kathleen Thompson Hill, Napa Valley: Land of Golden Vines, page 171:"[r]estaurants often charge customers to cut and plate the cake. Sometimes they add a scoop of ice cream. The practice has come to be called cakeage. It’s a play on corkage, the fee a restaurant levies to open a bottle of wine brought by the customer."
2016 January 13, Kim Severson, “Restaurants Counter Outside Cakes With Cakeage Fees”, in The New York Times:Large groups are easily accommodated, though be warned, a 'cakeage' fee of $1.50 per head will be charged to birthday revellers.
2010, Lisa Dempstere, The Australian Veg Food Guide 2011, page 191: