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marry
What does marry mean?
Pour the dregs of one container into another so you end up with one full bottle instead of two sad half-empties. Classic move during prep or close-down: ketchup bottles, oil jugs, half-empty squeeze bottles all get married. Health inspectors hate it when done wrong (cross-contamination, FIFO violations), which is why a lot of kitchens technically ban it and everyone does it anyway.
"Before you clock out, marry those two ranch bottles and date the new one."
Origin
Long-standing back-of-house slang; the metaphor of two becoming one is self-explanatory.
Frequently asked questions
What does marry mean in retail or stock work?
To marry means to combine two partial containers of the same product into one.
How do you use marry in a sentence?
"Marry those two half-full boxes before you put them back on the shelf."
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