junket

1 dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet

2 a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field" [syn: excursion, jaunt, outing, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay]

3 a trip taken by an official at public expense

1 go on a pleasure trip

2 provide a feast or banquet for [syn: feast, banquet]

3 partake in a feast or banquet [syn: feast, banquet]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌŋkɪt

Noun

1. feast, banquet
2. picnic
3. dessert of flavored milk and rennet; also, the brand name of a specific line of deserts of that type.
4. a trip or errand made by a public official at public expense with dubious public benefit
5. 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.

Junket can refer to:

• Junket (vacation), an excursion for the purpose of pleasure at public expense
• Junket (dessert), a dessert made of flavoured, sweetened curds
• Junket (company), a brand name of rennet tablets and dessert mixes
• A movie junket, where entertainment journalists are invited to see a movie and interview the stars of the movie before the movie's release
• A casino junket, where gamblers are flown to an area where legalized gambling is available and booked into a hotel-casino, both at the junket company's expense, in exchange for a cut of the gamblers' turnover from the casino

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