entertainment

entertainment
entertainment en‧ter‧tain‧ment [ˌentəˈteɪnmənt ǁ -tər-] noun [uncountable]
1. HUMAN RESOURCES when a company or businessperson spends money on taking customers to restaurants, bars, theatres etc, as a way of making business deals easier to complete:

• The group has already spent over a million pounds on marketing and corporate entertainment.

2. COMMERCE the business of films, television, theatre productions etc:

• people employed in retailing and entertainment

• It sold 25% of its music business to a Japanese media and entertainment group.

• the worldwide impact of the American entertainment industry

ˌhome enterˈtainment
entertainment that you enjoy in your home, for example films on video or music played on CDs:

• The major Hollywood studios are big players in the home entertainment industry.

• the home entertainment market

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entertainment UK US /ˌentəˈteɪnmənt/ noun [C or U]
► the activity of taking customers or possible customers out to restaurants, bars, theatres, etc. as a way of encouraging them to do business with you: »

Each manager has a fixed entertainment budget.

 »

The company is cutting back on money spent on corporate entertainment this year.

→ See Note HOSPITALITY(Cf. ↑hospitality)
► the business of making films, television programmes, shows, etc. that entertain people: »

the entertainment business/industry

 »

an entertainment company/group

→ See also HOME ENTERTAINMENT(Cf. ↑home entertainment)

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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