junket

/ˈdʒʌŋkət/

Other forms: junketing; junkets; junketed

A junket is a pleasure trip, often funded by someone else. You've probably heard of a politician taking a junket to a fancy resort, all paid for using taxpayer money.

A junket can be used as a gift to try to get something from the person going on the trip. If you're a travel reporter and resort owners pay for your junket to check out their new property in Hawaii, you might feel like you owe them a good review. A junket isn't always devious: the word can simply mean a journey taken for pleasure, like when you take your boat out and sail down the coast for a couple days.

Definitions of junket

1. noun

   dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet
   type of:

   afters, dessert, sweet

   a dish served as the last course of a meal
2. verb

   provide a feast or banquet for
   synonyms: banquet, feast

   banquet, feast

   partake in a feast or banquet

   type of:

   host

   be the host of or for
3. verb

   partake in a feast or banquet
   synonyms: banquet, feast

   banquet, feast

   provide a feast or banquet for

   types:

   wine and dine

   eat sumptuously

   type of:

   eat

   eat a meal; take a meal
4. noun

   a journey taken for pleasure
   synonyms: excursion, expedition, jaunt, outing, pleasure trip, sashay

   types:

   airing

   a short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air

   field trip

   a group excursion (to a museum or the woods or some historic place) for firsthand examination

   type of:

   journey, journeying

   the act of traveling from one place to another
5. noun

   a trip taken by an official at public expense
   type of:

   trip

   a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
6. verb

   go on a pleasure trip
   synonyms: junketeer

   type of:

   jaunt, travel, trip

   make a trip for pleasure