Drink combines with different prepositions for different meanings. Of drink usually shows quantity or type, while for drink is uncommon except in special contexts such as menus or supplies.
Use of drink mainly in quantity or descriptive phrases such as a bottle of drink, although beverage or drinks is often more natural. Use for with a purpose or recipient, not normally directly before singular drink. In everyday English, people more often say drinks for guests or money for drinks.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Use of after a quantity, container, or type word.
Use for drinks to mean intended for beverages or to pay for beverages.
With is common when talking about what accompanies food or social activity.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
English normally uses drinks in this meaning or a different structure.
✕ We bought snacks for drink. ✓ We bought snacks and drinks.Of usually follows a quantity or container noun.
✕ She ordered of drink. ✓ She ordered a glass of drink.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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It is possible after quantity words, but speakers often prefer beverage or drinks in everyday English.
Only in limited contexts about purpose, such as storage, payment, or intended use.
People usually say drinks, a drink, or a bottle of water, juice, or another specific beverage.
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