Junket definition
A trip or tour, especially:
- One taken by an official at public expense.
- One taken by a person who is the guest of a business or agency seeking favor or patronage.
noun
To go on a junket.
verb
Milk sweetened, flavored, and thickened into curd with rennet.
noun
To go on a junket or excursion, esp. one paid for out of public funds.
verb
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.
noun
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A party, banquet, or outing.
noun
A dessert made from flavored milk and rennet.
noun
A feast or picnic.
noun
A pleasure trip.
noun
An excursion, as by a public official, paid for out of public funds.
noun
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To entertain at a feast.
verb
A pleasure-trip; a journey made for feasting or enjoyment, now especially a trip made ostensibly for business but which entails merrymaking or entertainment.
noun
(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.
noun
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To go on or attend a junket.
verb
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.
An example of a junket is a mayor visiting a sister city in another country on behalf of the city.
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.
noun
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 French jonchée container made of rushes for draining soft cheeses, soft cheese made in such a container all untimately from Latin iuncus rush
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Origin uncertain.
From Wiktionary