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à la carte
adverb or adjective \ˌä-lə-ˈkärt, ˌa-lə-\
: with a separate price for each item on the menu
Full Definition of À LA CARTE
: according to a menu or list that prices items separately
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Variants of À LA CARTE
à la carte also a la carte \ˌä-lə-ˈkärt, ˌa-lə-\
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Origin of À LA CARTE
French, by the bill of fare
First Known Use: 1816
Rhymes with À LA CARTE
anti-art, applecart, beauty part, bleeding heart, Bonaparte, counterpart, egg and dart, fall apart, flying start, for one's part, heart-to-heart, Liddell Hart, lose one's heart, martial art, mini-mart, on one's part, open-heart, plastic art, poles apart, purpleheart, Purple Heart, running start, set apart, take apart, underpart, upperpart
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