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power lunch

 
 
noun [C] humorous WORKPLACE

Definition

a lunch during which business people discuss important plans, ideas, or decisions: The City is still full of people out on power lunches despite the freeze on expense accounts.
(Definition of power lunch noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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