junket

jun·ket

Use junket in a sentence

noun

The definition of junket is an enjoyable trip or tour by a business person or public official that is paid for by their employer or from public funds.
1. An example of a junket is a mayor visiting a sister city in another country on behalf of the city.
2. An example of a junket is a businessperson attending a conference in a specific city so that he or she can play golf at a famous golf course.
The definition of junket is a pudding made from sweet milk and rennet.
An example of junket is a dessert made from chocolate milk and rennet.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"junket." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 24 March 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/JUNKET>.

APA Style

junket. (n.d.). Retrieved March 24th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/JUNKET

junket

milk sweetened, flavored, and thickened into curd with rennet
a feast or picnic
a pleasure trip
an excursion, as by a public official, paid for out of public funds

Origin of junket

Middle English joncate from Medieval Latin an unverified form juncata, a sweetmeat, cream cheese from Classical Latin juncus, a rush (see jonquil): because origin, originally brought to market in rush baskets

to go on a junket or excursion, esp. one paid for out of public funds

to entertain at a feast

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"junket." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 24 March 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/JUNKET>.

APA Style

junket. (n.d.). Retrieved March 24th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/JUNKET

junket

noun

A trip or tour, especially:
a. One taken by an official at public expense.
b. One taken by a person who is the guest of a business or agency seeking favor or patronage.
A party, banquet, or outing.
A dessert made from flavored milk and rennet.

intransitive verb

jun·ket·ed, jun·ket·ing, jun·kets

To go on a junket.

Origin of junket

Middle English jonket rush basket, preparation of cream or milk served on rushes, feast modern French dialectal (Normandy) jonquette a kind of dessert made with boiled milk and French jonchée container made of rushes for draining soft cheeses, soft cheese made in such a container all ultimately from Latin iuncus rush ; see jonquil.

Related Forms:

jun′ket·er
noun

Word History: In medieval times, soft cheeses and similar foods made from milk and cream were prepared in baskets or on mats woven from grasslike plants called rushes. These baskets or mats would have allowed excess liquid to drain away while protecting the mass of coagulated milk or cream from breaking apart. Junket originally meant “rush basket, especially one for carrying fish,” and is ultimately derived from the Latin word junca, “rush.” Since delicate dishes of cream or milk could be served in these rush baskets or on these mats, junket became the name for the dishes themselves. By the early 1500s, the word had come to refer to an occasion at which a junket might be served—a banquet, feast, or bout of merrymaking in general. Then, during the 1800s in the United States, it developed the meaning “picnic, pleasure excursion with eating and drinking.” Americans began to use the word junket especially of trips taken by officials at public expense, ostensibly for fact-finding or diplomatic purposes but really just for the officials' own enjoyment. Junket also came to refer to trips taken by politicians or other influential persons as guests of a business or organization seeking favors—a bribe in the form of cruise tickets.

THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"junket." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 24 March 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/JUNKET>.

APA Style

junket. (n.d.). Retrieved March 24th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/JUNKET

Noun

(plural junkets)

A type of cream cheese, originally made in a rush basket; later, a food made of sweetened curds or rennet.
A feast or banquet.
A pleasure-trip; a journey made for feasting or enjoyment, now especially a trip made ostensibly for business but which entails merrymaking or entertainment.
(gaming) 20-40 table gaming rooms for which the capacity and limits change daily. Junket rooms are often rented out to private vendors who run tour groups through them and give a portion of the proceeds to the main casino.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present junkets, present participle junketing or junketting, simple past and past participle junketed or junketted)