a la carte is a noun, adjective and adverb meaning "a menu having individual dishes listed with separate prices". It carries 3 recorded senses.
a menu having individual dishes listed with separate prices
(of a restaurant meal) having unlimited choices with a separate price for each item
by ordering items listed individually on a menu
“we ate a la carte”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for a la carte come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.