Junket — can refer to: *Junket (vacation), an excursion for the purpose of pleasure at public expense *Junket (dessert), a dessert made of flavoured, sweetened curds *Junket (company), a brand name of rennet tablets and dessert mixes *A movie junket,… … Wikipedia
junket — jun‧ket [ˈdʒʌŋkt] noun [countable] informal a free trip that is paid for by a company or by the government: • These funds should not have been used to pay for junkets abroad. * * * junket UK US /ˈdʒʌŋkɪt/ noun [C] DISAPPROVING INFORMAL ► … Financial and business terms
Junket — Jun ket, n. [Formerly also juncate, fr. It. giuncata cream cheese, made in a wicker or rush basket, fr. L. juncus a rush. See 2d {Junk}, and cf. {Juncate}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A cheese cake; a sweetmeat; any delicate food. [1913 Webster] How Faery … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Junket — Jun ket, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Junketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Junketing}.] To give entertainment to; to feast. [1913 Webster] The good woman took my lodgings over my head, and was in such a hurry to junket her neighbors. Walpole. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
junket — [juŋ′kit] n. [ME joncate < ML * juncata, a sweetmeat, cream cheese < L juncus, a rush (see JONQUIL): because orig. brought to market in rush baskets] 1. milk sweetened, flavored, and thickened into curd with rennet 2. a feast or picnic 3. a … English World dictionary
Junket — Jun ket, v. i. To feast; to banquet; to make an entertainment; sometimes applied opprobriously to feasting by public officers at the public cost. [1913 Webster] Job s children junketed and feasted together often. South. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
junket — ► NOUN 1) a dish of sweetened curds of milk. 2) informal an extravagant trip or party. ► VERB (junketed, junketing) informal ▪ take part in an extravagant trip or party. ORIGIN originally denoting a cream cheese made in a rush basket: from Old… … English terms dictionary
junket — n. pleasure trip 1) to go on a junket 2) a fact finding junket 3) a junket to (the legislators went on a junket to Hawaii) * * * [ dʒʌŋkɪt] [ pleasure trip ] to go on a junket a factfinding junket a junket to (the legislators went on a junket to… … Combinatory dictionary
Junket — El junket es un postre lácteo hecho con leche endulzada y cuajo. Es una especie de pudin claro. Contenido 1 Preparación 2 Historia 3 Etimología 4 Notas … Wikipedia Español
junket — I. noun Etymology: Middle English ioncate, ultimately from Vulgar Latin *juncata, from Latin juncus rush Date: 15th century 1. a dessert of sweetened flavored milk set with rennet 2. a. a festive social affair b. trip, journey: as (1) a trip made … New Collegiate Dictionary
