prix fixe

noun

: a complete meal offered at a fixed price
also : the price charged

Examples of prix fixe in a Sentence

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To this day, diners flock in their droves to enjoy the vast Belle Époque dining room (which formerly served as the Atlantic Bar & Grill), its mastery of steak haché and a remarkably cheap prix fixe menu. Charlie Teasdale, theweek, 16 Oct. 2024 The food list has snacks to a prix fixe menu that changes at lunch or dinner. Em Sauter, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024 The lineup this week includes over 60 participating restaurants, each offering $26, $36, $46 three-course prix fixe menus, as well as a new $56 option. Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 22 Sep. 2024 Hanson and Nasr have kept the restaurant prix fixe, with your choice of 10 appetizers, 10 entrees, and five desserts, all takes on classic French bistro fare. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 31 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for prix fixe 

Word History

Etymology

French, fixed price

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of prix fixe was in 1851

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“Prix fixe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prix%20fixe. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

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