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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
en·ter·tain·ment       [en-ter-teyn-muhnt] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the act of entertaining; agreeable occupation for the mind; diversion; amusement: Solving the daily crossword puzzle is an entertainment for many.
2.something affording pleasure, diversion, or amusement, esp. a performance of some kind: The highlight of the ball was an elaborate entertainment.
3.hospitable provision for the needs and wants of guests.
4.a divertingly adventurous, comic, or picaresque novel.
5.Obsolete. maintenance in service.

[Origin: 1525–35; entertain + -ment]
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
en·ter·tain·ment       (ěn'tər-tān'mənt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The act of entertaining.
  2. The art or field of entertaining.
  3. Something that amuses, pleases, or diverts, especially a performance or show.
  4. The pleasure afforded by being entertained; amusement: The comedian performed for our entertainment.
  5. Archaic Maintenance; support.
  6. Obsolete Employment.

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
entertainment

noun
an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention 

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Entertainment

En`ter*tain"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. entretenement.]

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; 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.

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. [Obs.]

The entertainment of the general upon his first arrival was but six shillings and eight pence. --Sir J. Davies.

Syn: Amusement; diversion; recreation; pastime; sport; feast; banquet; repast; carousal.

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