: lunch
especially
: a formal usually midday meal as part of a meeting or for entertaining a guest
a company luncheon
a fund-raising luncheon
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The club will honor the recipients at a luncheon June 13, an organization news release said.
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Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
The fashion show will start at 11 a.m. followed by the noon luncheon in the Maderas Golf Club, 17750 Old Coach Road in Poway.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2025
Trump’s Middle East swing An arms deal, a business leaders luncheon, and new Saudi investments.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 14 May 2025
Gourmet Sony Pictures The Midtown French giants Lutèce, La Caravelle and La Côte Basque shutter, all in one year, and with that the sauced and coiffed luncheons of the 1960s and ’70s pass into Capote-era lore.
—New York Times, 7 May 2025
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Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
The fashion show will start at 11 a.m. followed by the noon luncheon in the Maderas Golf Club, 17750 Old Coach Road in Poway.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2025
Trump’s Middle East swing An arms deal, a business leaders luncheon, and new Saudi investments.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 14 May 2025
Gourmet Sony Pictures The Midtown French giants Lutèce, La Caravelle and La Côte Basque shutter, all in one year, and with that the sauced and coiffed luncheons of the 1960s and ’70s pass into Capote-era lore.
—New York Times, 7 May 2025
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“Luncheon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/luncheon. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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luncheon
noun
lun·cheon
ˈlən-chən 
: a light meal at midday
especially
: a formal lunch
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