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(disambiguation).  À la carte /ɑːləˈkɑrt/[1] is a French
language loan phrase meaning "according to the menu", and used
• in reference to a menu of items priced and ordered separately,
i.e. the usual operation of restaurants. This is in contrast to
a table d'hôte, at which a menu with limited or no choice is
served at a fixed price.   • to order an item from the menu on
its own, e.g. a steak without the potatoes and vegetables is
steak à la carte   • to describe a retail pricing model in which
goods or services traditionally bundled together are separated
out, putatively giving the consumer greater choice at lower
cost. Examples include airline pricing where in-flight drinks or
snacks are not complimentary, on-line music purchasing where
individual tracks can be bought instead of entire albums, or pay
television where individual channels can be ordered rather than
a bundle of channels.  The phrase w