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   Cafeteria (?), n. [Cf. F. cafetière.]
   1. A restaurant or café at which the patrons serve themselves with food kept at a counter, typically paying a cashier at the end of the counter and taking the food to tables to eat. [U. S.]
   
   [Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]
   
   
   2. a room within a building functioning in the same manner as a cafeteria1.  In certain organizations, as schools, the food may be provided gratis.
   
   [PJC]