junket

C2+ Topic:Law & Government

US /ˈdʒʌŋkɪt/ UK /ˈdʒʌŋkɪt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a trip taken by an official at public expense, often as a perk

Critics blasted the senator's lavish overseas junket.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a trip taken by an official... trip excursion outingjauntspreetour

Word family

Derived forms junketingjunketeer

Etymology

From Middle English 'jonket', from Old French 'jonquette' ('a basket of rushes', used for carrying or making cream cheese), from Latin 'iuncus' ('rush, reed'); the sense progressed from a cream dish to a feast to a pleasure trip.

jonquette Old French iuncus Latin

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Topics

Law & Government

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# junket

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈdʒʌŋkɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈdʒʌŋkɪt/

## Meanings
1. a trip taken by an official at public expense, often as a perk

## Examples
- Critics blasted the senator's lavish overseas junket.

## Synonyms
- trip
- excursion
- outing
- jaunt
- spree
- tour

## Derived Forms
- junketing
- junketeer

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: jonquette
- Root: iuncus

## Etymology
From Middle English 'jonket', from Old French 'jonquette' ('a basket of rushes', used for carrying or making cream cheese), from Latin 'iuncus' ('rush, reed'); the sense progressed from a cream dish to a feast to a pleasure trip.

## AI Etymology
Junket comes from Middle English 'jonket', from Old French 'jonquette' ('a basket of rushes', used for carrying or making cream cheese), from Latin 'iuncus' ('rush, reed'); the sense progressed from a cream dish to a feast to a pleasure trip. The etymological trail includes Old French jonquette and Latin iuncus. As a noun, junket means a trip taken by an official at public expense, often as a perk. The same family is visible in derived forms such as junketing and junketeer.

## Topics
- Law & Government

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