• (America) IPA: /hɑs.pɪˈtæl.ɪ.ti/
• (RP) IPA: /hɒs.pɪˈtæl.ɪ.ti/

hospitality

1. The act#Noun|act or service#Noun|service of welcome#Verb|welcoming, receiving, host#Verb|hosting, or entertaining guests.

   Synonyms: guestfriendship, guestfriendliness

   Please thank our hosts for their hospitality during the week that we stayed.

   • 1709, [Jonathan Swift], “The Metamorphosis of Baucis and Philemon, Burlesqu’d; from the 8th Book of Ovid”, in Baucis and Philemon; a Poem. […], London: Printed and sold by H. Hills, […], OCLC 745157818 ↗, page 3 ↗:

     In Ancient Times, as Story tells, / The Saints would often leave their Cells, / And ſtrole about, but hide their Quality, / To try good Peoples Hoſpitality.

2. (business) The business of providing catering, lodging and entertainment service; the industry which includes the operation of hotels, restaurants, and similar enterprises.

   After graduating from college, she found a job in hospitality.

• host
• hospital
• hospitable

• French: hospitalité
• German: Gastfreundlichkeit, Gastfreundschaft, Gastlichkeit
• Italian: ospitalità
• Portuguese: hospitalidade
• Russian: гостеприи́мство
• Spanish: hospitalidad

• French: (singular only) hôtellerie-restauration
• German: Gastgewerbe
• Portuguese: hotelaria
• Russian: обслу́живание
• Spanish: hostelería