| entertainment | |
| 1. n. An activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment, diversion, amusement, or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively | |
| 2. n. A show put on for the enjoyment or amusement of others. | |
| 3. n. (obsolete) Maintenance or support. | |
| 4. n. (obsolete) Admission into service; service. | |
| 5. n. (obsolete) Payment of soldiers or servants; wages. | |
| 6. n. (obsolete) Reception; (provision of) food to guests or travellers. | |
