общепи́т

rare #31720

nounmasculineinanimateuncountable

1.
public catering, catering industry, food service industry
Он всю жизнь рабо́тал в общепи́те.
He worked in public catering all his life.
Abbreviation of общественное питание; often colloquial and slightly disparaging when it refers to cheap eateries.
2.
communal catering, mass catering, canteen food
Шко́льный общепи́т ко́рмит две ты́сячи детей.
School catering feeds two thousand children.
3.
(rare) catering network, catering organizationadministration
Городско́й общепи́т объединя́л все столовые райо́на.
The municipal catering network took in all the canteens of the district.
Mainly Soviet administrative usage.

Examples

Работник общепита готовит еду для всех.
A public-catering worker prepares food for everyone.
Общепит в советское время был очень дешёвым.
Public catering was very cheap in Soviet times.
Раньше мы обедали в столовой общепита.
We used to have lunch at a public cafeteria.

This noun exists in singular form only.