(n.) The act of receiving as host, or of amusing, admitting, or cherishing; hospitable reception; also, reception or treatment, in general.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Admission into service; service.
(n.) Payment of soldiers or servants; wages.
Example Sentences:
(1) While they may always be encumbered by censorship in a way that HBO is not, the success of darker storylines, antiheroes and the occasional snow zombie will not be lost in an entertainment industry desperate to maintain its share of the audience.
(2) But as an entertaining family experience, it ticks almost every box.
(3) It’s going to affect everybody.” The six songs from Rebel Heart released thus far do not shy away from controversy: one, Illuminati, mocks the various conspiracy theories on the internet that implicate a variety of entertainers – including Jay-Z and Lady Gaga – in membership of a shadowy ruling elite.
(4) It’s not like there’s a simple answer.” Vassilopoulos said: “The media is all about entertainment.” “I don’t think they sell too many papers or get too many advertisements because of their coverage of income inequality,” said Calvert.
(5) Hull have Arsenal at home next and will entertain Manchester United on the final day of the season.
(6) Thanks to the groundbreaking technology and heavy investment of a new breed of entertainment retailers offering access services, we are witnessing a revolution in the entertainment industry, benefitting consumers, creators and content owners alike.” ERA acts as a forum for the physical and digital retail sectors of music, and represents over 90% of the of the UK’s entertainment retail market.
(7) Cerebrocortical necrosis appears to be unusual in goats, compared to cattle and sheep, but it should be entertained in the differential diagnosis of caprine nervous diseases.
(8) It was becoming entertaining too, a match that was swift and direct, the ball moved rapidly and with a sense of urgency.
(9) There is also a continued blurring of the lines between games and other entertainment media.
(10) There is a simple solution, formulated by English PEN, the Manifesto Club and the Earl of Clancarty, who raised the matter in the Lords earlier this year: remove short-term visits by non-EU artists from the PBS and expand the entertainer route, letting paid and unpaid artists qualify.
(11) Allardyce told an entertaining story about seeing José Mourinho punch the air at a Soccer Aid match when Chelsea’s manager realised he had convinced Fàbregas to sign for the club.
(12) Although there are no pathognomonic symptoms, signs, or radiological appearances of intracranial tuberculomas, a high index of suspicion should always be entertained during the investigation of non-European immigrants.
(13) Undeterred, Levin launched TMZ.com modestly in December 2005 as "a Hollywood and entertainment-centric news site".
(14) There would never be a meeting in a darkened room where a winner was chosen just to fit an audience demographic or to create more entertaining telly.
(15) 7 MyVoucherCodes Works on: iPhone and Android Cost: Free The app from the website of the same name, MyVoucherCodes uses GPS to send you the best money-off deals for eating out, shopping, health and beauty, travel, entertainment etc, wherever you are.
(16) It’s unthinkable that they wouldn’t do that.” The Saw ride at Thorpe Park in Surrey and the Dragon’s Fury and Rattlesnake rollercoasters at Chessington World of Adventures, also in Surrey, have also been shut down by Merlin Entertainments, which owns all three parks.
(17) Reality television molded Trump into the ratings and polls-obsessed performer that we know today, and created a new generation of Americans ready to be entertained by him.
(18) Those people do not have the option of finding other means of entertainment.
(19) The jeers were meaningful and the cheers, well, they just were a sign of entertainment.
(20) It is now apparent that a large amount of confidential Sony Pictures Entertainment data has been stolen by the cyberattackers, including personnel information and business documents,” it said.
Marquee
Definition:
(n.) A large field tent; esp., one adapted to the use of an officer of high rank.
Example Sentences:
(1) It's still going to be one of the marquee companies of the US and the world."
(2) The marquee event on Thursday, considering recent off the court events, was the sixth game between the Los Angeles Clippers.
(3) Heselden's only reservation about the ceremony, said David Robinson, would have been the time it took 30 or more staff to wrestle with erecting the marquee.
(4) Hemingway’s daughter, Corey, is in a marquee at the back of the site, painting a teddy bear onto some MDF, in the pursuit of a Teddy Boy pun that either doesn’t work, or I don’t get, but it looks great.
(5) Filmed in a marquee in the grounds of Harptree Court in Somerset, and making unlikely TV stars out of judges Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry, Bake Off (as it is known to its fans) is made by the independent production company Love Productions.
(6) When the first exit polls flashed up on the big screen in the same marquee at 7pm local time on Sunday, there were as many reporters, photographers and cameramen as there were party supporters.
(7) Beyond the live coverage, which will be in fixed time slots, including a live game at the Saturday 12.30pm ET time slot on NBC itself (in order to build a consistent presence), there will be a whole raft of secondary programming and content, including a half hour goals show on Sundays, a two hour Saturday highlights show, "Match of the Day", modeled on the BBC show, and cut-down games from marquee teams such as the two Manchester sides, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham, in distinct Monday and Tuesday night programmes.
(8) Krul still needed to brilliantly save Danny Drinkwater’s shot but Pardew’s decision to start Obertan and once again omit Rémy Cabella, his £12m marquee summer signing from Montpellier, had been vindicated.
(9) Poyet’s quest for that hitherto elusive league win involved dropping both Jack Rodwell, his marquee summer signing, and Adam Johnson to the bench.
(10) The marquee part of the Affordable Care Act went live yesterday as millions went online to browse health insurance options and begin signing up.
(11) It was a strange purchase considering that Cano is not the kind of player that puts a wild amount of fannies in the seats - he’s just not a marquee draw, for whatever reason, despite his tremendous talents.
(12) At a meeting on Monday afternoon activists said they were in talks with a marquee company over donations of bigger, more permanent structures, allowing them to set up a "visitor centre" and an "outreach group" to spread the message via local schools and businesses.
(13) Had he been one of the marquee names in South Africa rather than an athlete schooled in the J-League who plays his club football in Russia, his performance would have made banner headlines worldwide.
(14) He repeatedly raped a young woman after dragging her into the wedding marquee and handcuffing her.
(15) "We've come a long way to re-establishing Discovery's brand as a real powerhouse, but I think Discovery can be even bigger and stronger, and become the marquee brand in cable," said Zaslav, according to Multichannel News.
(16) "Here's my take: whilst the clamouring for 'marquee' signings has no doubt contributed to a short-term success strategy at the top clubs, part of the problem is this: a 17-year-old Mexican wonderkid will cost a coach significantly less money than a 17-year-old British kid of equal talent.
(17) He was replaced as Delhi’s marquee player by Carlos, who became the club’s player-manager in July and will oversee the team’s 2015 campaign.
(18) Now he has returned as one of the marquee signings of Tim Leiweke’s big-money revolution in Toronto : “I was just saying to somebody last night, in 2004 and 2005, when I was playing for the Metrostars, we’d show up at the old Giants Stadium, we’d go into the locker room, change, we’d get back in 15-seat passenger vans, drive out to Rutherford, train on field turf that’s 100 degrees, get back in the vans, go back to Giants Stadium.
(19) The marquee was packed for both a great King Creosote set and the mighty, raucous British Sea Power.
(20) It only harms the league to have headlines involving Sterling, the newly crowned Most Hated Man In America , overshadowing the playoffs, especially with the NBA Finals, the league's marquee event, a week away.