junket

[US]/'dʒʌŋkɪt/
[UK]/'dʒʌŋkɪt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt.entertain with lavish meals and entertainment
n.official trip at public expense;gelatin dessert
Word Forms
Past Participlejunketed
Present Participlejunketing
Past Tensejunketed
Pluraljunkets
Third Person Singularjunkets

Phrases & Collocations

corporate junket

political junket

Example Sentences

junket her neighbors

Zhejiang Yongkang Mingsheng Machine Factory is a professional enterprise which produce jerrican pump and junketing fallow articles.

government officials went on a junket to promote tourism

the company organized a junket for its employees

attendees enjoyed a luxurious junket to a tropical island

the junket included sightseeing tours and gourmet meals

critics accused the senator of using public funds for personal junkets

the junket was a reward for achieving sales targets

the celebrity was invited on a promotional junket for a new movie

the junket was a chance for networking and building relationships

the company's executives used the junket to discuss future strategies

the junket was an opportunity to explore new markets

Real-world Examples

She enjoyed complimentary gambling junkets to Las Vegas and kept a local bookie on speed dial.

Source: Reader's Digest Anthology

For those with comfortable majorities, foreign junkets and media careers beckon.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Just like an all-day press junket, interviews can have multiple rounds.

Source: Crash Course: Business in the Workplace

I can't do both. -Jim, that's a Civil Service junket.

Source: Yes, Minister Season 1

We need deputations, junkets abroad, mountains of red boxes, we need crises, emergencies, panics!

Source: Yes, Minister Season 1

I'm in the episode where I am in this press junket with Amanda Seyfried.

Source: Connection Magazine

I'd probably most likely wear this to a press junket situation or something like that.

Source: Learn to dress like a celebrity.

So the interview is your press junket.

Source: Crash Course: Business in the Workplace

This sets the milk into a junket after 40 minutes.

Source: Perspective Encyclopedia of Gourmet Food

How was your first big day at the press junket?

Source: BoJack Horseman Season 3

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