noun

junket

JUHNG-kiht

noun

A trip, especially one paid for by an employer, government, or organisation, that mixes official business with leisure.

"Critics called the trip a taxpayer-funded junket."

"The company sent its top salespeople on a junket to Hawaii."

How to Use Junket

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA trip — often at someone else's expense — that's dressed up as business but is really about having a good time.

Common mistake

Usually used with a slightly critical tone, implying the trip wasn't really necessary.

Common pairings

a junket to political junket all-expenses-paid junket

Word Forms

junketed past tense, junketted past tense, junkets singular

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Etymology

Originally meant a basket of rushes, then a picnic carried in one, then a pleasure trip, and eventually a business trip padded out with entertainment.