Treating someone to food or drink; a feast or delicious food. Usually appears as ご馳走 (go-chisou) in everyday use.
昨夜は友人にご馳走になって、美味しい料理をたくさん食べた。
Last night I was treated by a friend and ate a lot of delicious food.
彼女の手料理は本当にご馳走だ。
Her home cooking is truly a treat.
父が夕食を馳走してくれたので、みんなでお礼を言った。
Father treated us to dinner, so everyone thanked him.
(Archaic) To run about; originally meant running around.
昔の記述では『馳走』は走り回る意味で用いられていることがある。
In old writings, '馳走' is sometimes used in the sense of running about.