Entertainment

n.	1.	The act of receiving as host, or of amusing, admitting, or cherishing; hospitable reception; also, reception or treatment, in general. The entertainment of Christ by faith. - Baxter. The sincere entertainment and practice of the precepts of the gospel. - Bp. Sprat.
	2.	That which entertains, or with which one is entertained; Theatrical entertainments conducted with greater elegance and refinement. - Prescott.
	3.	Admission into service; service. Some band of strangers in the adversary's entertainment. - Shak.
	4.	Payment of soldiers or servants; wages. The entertainment of the general upon his first arrival was but six shillings and eight pence. - Sir J. Davies.

Noun

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entertainment - a diversion that holds the attention Synonyms: amusement

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