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entertainment - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'entertainment' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Entertainment [ n.]
- The act of receiving as host, or of amusing, admitting, or cherishing; hospitable reception; also, reception or treatment, in general.
- That which entertains, or with which one is entertained; as: (a) Hospitality; hospitable provision for the wants of a guest; especially, provision for the table; a hospitable repast; a feast; a formal or elegant meal. (b) That which engages the attention agreeably, amuses or diverts, whether in private, as by conversation, etc., or in public, by performances of some kind; amusement.
- Admission into service; service.
- Payment of soldiers or servants; wages.