junket
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Definition
A junket is a trip, often paid for by someone else (especially an employer or the government), typically for business, promotion, or pleasure. It can also refer to an event or party paid for with company or public funds.
Usage & Nuances
'Junket' is often used with a negative or critical tone, especially for trips seen as unnecessary or wasteful of company or public funds. Common phrases: 'press junket' (media event for promotion), 'political junket'. Rarely used in casual conversation; more common in journalism and formal writing.
Example Sentences
He went on a company junket to Hawaii.
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Many politicians have been criticized for attending expensive junkets.
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The movie stars attended a press junket in London.
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Some reporters get to travel on all sorts of junkets for free.
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That trip was supposed to be business, but it felt more like a junket.
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After the conference, we ended up at a fancy dinner—a real junket.
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