lunchee

English

Etymology

lunch +‎ -ee

Noun

lunchee (plural lunchees)

1. One who is treated to lunch by another person.

   Coordinate term: luncher

   • 1998, Mortimer Levitt, Theodore Levitt, Thinking About Management, page 147:

     Business is finally and gradually crept up on with careful avoidance of any implications that the lunch exists specifically to enhance the lunchee's opinions about the lunchor and the lunchor's assessment of the lunchee.

   • 2008, Stephen Bayley, Roger Mavity, Life's a Pitch: How to Sell Yourself and Your Brilliant Ideas, page 213:

     If the luncher, choose venue carefully, reconnoitre loos. If lunchee, be prompt, but not early.