The act of receiving as host, or of amusing, admitting, or cherishing; hospitable reception; also, reception or treatment, in general.

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.

Admission into service; service.

Payment of soldiers or servants; wages.

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

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

Act of entertaining; hospitality; a banquet; amusement.

The act of entertaining; amusement.

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.

A feast; a repast; amusement.

For two years Charlotte's virtues were expressed in quiet, almost thoughtful home- devotion, entertainment of poor relatives, and church- work. – Our Nervous Friends Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness by Robert S. Carroll

Then, on the evening, her health being quite above suspicion, he took her to a magnificent entertainment. – A Second Home by Honore de Balzac

There was a dinner and entertainment for the men. – The Major by Ralph Connor

Every one in the audience expected that Colonel Barthelmy, who had arranged this part of the entertainment, would produce something extremely amusing. – The Nameless Castle by Maurus Jókai

Here is every arrangement conceivable for entertainment; on one side the Pacific ocean; on the other the Coast Range Mountains, a very pleasant resort for the very rich; but we found there at this time more servants than guests. – The Gentleman from Everywhere by James Henry Foss

This, it was plain, was an extremely popular part of the entertainment. – The Gold of Chickaree by Susan Warner

He wrote out of his own mind and soul, not for the entertainment of the idle folk of his own or any other day, but for men who in all times and countries should prove capable of knowing a great work when they saw it. – Milton by John Bailey

It was just possible she might meet her, if the entertainment at Updene farm had come off. – The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols by William Black

Visitors were not an every- day luxury in the High Valley, and too much care could not be taken for their entertainment, it seemed. – Clover by Susan Coolidge

The shout of the crowd brought Sir Henry back, and the other entertainment lost a guest. – My Memories of Eighty Years by Chauncey M. Depew

This made his entertainment at any meal a matter of agitated consideration among the ladies of Amber Guiting. – Jan and Her Job by L. Allen Harker

I could not give a large entertainment and leave out my nearest friend and her family. – The Son of My Friend New Temperance Tales No. 1 by T. S. Arthur

The entire evening will be given over to entertainment." – The So-called Human Race by Bert Leston Taylor

This entertainment lasted for two hours, and we returned to the town well pleased with one another. – The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

I must first request you to order a splendid entertainment to be prepared. – The-Bravo-of-Venice-a-romance by Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory)

Doon did not need any entertainment at all. – The Fortunate Youth by William J. Locke

When asked why he had not come to one entertainment, he said that he had been sent off late in the afternoon to take two horses miles away down the country- I forget where- and had been on the road most of the night. – Change in the Village by (AKA George Bourne) George Sturt

She went slowly off over the grounds, meditating whether the people would be satisfied with so very at- arms'- length an entertainment. – Melbourne House by Elizabeth Wetherell

Except you admit it into your souls, it can have no suitable entertainment there alone. – The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

For people who have their wives with them, it is not difficult to provide entertainment on such an occasion. – The-Brick-Moon-and-Other-Stories by Hale, Edward Everett