half-board
half-board — noun
1. a hotel accommodation arrangement where the price includes a room, breakfast, an
a hotel accommodation arrangement where the price includes a room, breakfast, and one main meal each day, usually the evening meal.
The Watanabe family booked half-board at the seaside hotel for their summer holiday.
uncountable noun: 'booked half-board'
Dario chose half-board because he wanted to explore local restaurants at lunchtime.
Under the half-board plan, breakfast is a buffet and dinner is a three-course meal.
Kenji and Evelyn chose half-board, so they only paid extra for lunch each day.
Tariro preferred half-board over full board because she liked trying street food for lunch.
- modified American plan
the North American equivalent term for half-board accommodation
- full board
accommodation that includes all three meals
- bed and breakfast
accommodation that includes only breakfast
文法句型
half-board + noun (as modifier)
on a half-board basis
用法筆記
Primarily used in British and European hotel contexts. In North America the term 'Modified American Plan' (MAP) is more common. Half-board always covers breakfast and one main meal (typically dinner); lunch is not included. The term 'half' refers to providing roughly half the meals compared with full board, not to a free-choice system.