Definition

Noun: A meeting held during the lunch hour, typically for the purpose of conducting business discussions while sharing a meal.

Usage

A "lunch meeting" is a scheduled appointment, often formal or semi-formal, where participants combine the act of eating lunch with professional conversation, negotiation, or planning. It is a common practice in business culture.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The manager scheduled a lunch meeting with the new client to discuss the contract terms.
  • We have a weekly lunch meeting every Tuesday to review the team's progress.

Advanced Usage

• "to have a lunch meeting": to be scheduled for or to attend such a meeting.
  • I can't join you at noon; I have a lunch meeting with the investors.
• "to schedule/call for a lunch meeting": to arrange or propose this type of meeting.
  • Let's schedule a lunch meeting to finalize the details.

Variants and Related Words

• Working lunch (n): A very similar concept, emphasizing that work is the primary activity during the meal.
  • The board members had a working lunch to go through the financial reports.
• Business lunch (n): A lunch with a business purpose, which may be less formally structured than a "meeting."
  • He took his colleague out for a business lunch.

Synonyms

• Business lunch: A lunch held for professional reasons.
• Working lunch: A lunch during which work is discussed or conducted.

Related Phrases

• To do lunch: (Informal idiom) To meet for lunch, often with a social or light business connotation.
  • We should do lunch sometime next week to catch up.

Noun

1. a meeting for lunch; usually to conduct business while eating