Definitions of entertainment

1. 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.

2. Admission into service; service.

3. Payment of soldiers or servants; wages.

4. Hospitality at table; a feast or banquet; a diverting or amusing performance; amusement.

5. Act of entertaining: hospitality at table: that which entertains: the provisions of the table: a banquet: amusement: a performance which delights.

6. Act of entertaining; hospitality; a banquet; amusement.

7. The act of entertaining; amusement.

8. The act of entertaining; the receiving and entertaining of guests; the hospitality provided; a banquet; the pleasure which the mind receives from anything interesting; that which entertains; an amusement; reception by the mind.

9. A feast; a repast; amusement.