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  • noun Plural form of junket.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of junket.

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Examples

  • ‘Eclipse’ Star Kellan Lutz Thanks Fans For Their ‘Unique Merchandise’ hollywoodcrush. mtv.com: One of the best parts of interviewing the stars of “The Twilight Saga” at press junkets is that now there are so many of them that we get to interview them in batches.

    TWILIGHT SAGA NEWS JULY 7TH: ASHLEY GREENE, DAVID SLADE, ECLIPSE & MORE | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2010

  • This is something you do endlessly, except when you win junkets to Australian, which certainly is not local wine to readership.

    The state of Australian wine – and Landmark Australia | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009

  • Ltd., lauded by many analysts for its aggressive strategy of improving profit margins by cutting out middle men known as junkets to bring big spenders to its casinos, will "study the economics" of using intermediaries to bolster business versus marketing directly to VIP players, the company's newly appointed acting chief executive,

    Las Vegas Sands Rethinks Macau VIP Strategy 2010

  • You know, after so much congressional criticism of executive travel and what members of Congress, remember, were calling junkets by Wall Street bankers, some are asking if Congress isn't engaging in a, "do as I say, not as I do" attitude when it comes to taxpayer-funded travel.

    CNN Transcript Feb 20, 2009 2009

  • Well, after so much congressional criticism of executive travel and what members of Congress were calling junkets by Wall Street bankers, some are asking if Congress is engaging in a "do as I say, not as I do" attitude when it comes to taxpayer funded travel.

    CNN Transcript Feb 20, 2009 2009

  • A bidding war erupted for the services of so-called junkets -- firms that supply casinos with VIP customers from the mainland -- and many operators saw their margins squeezed.

    Macau's Hot Streak Shows Signs of Cooling 2008

  • ZETA-JONES: Do the junkets, which is really equally part of making movies.

    CNN Transcript Jul 21, 2001 2001

  • Yet, he is portrayed in Wilson's attack ads as someone who has done nothing but go on "junkets" and miss votes.

    Archive 2004-09-01 johnny_mango 2004

  • Yet, he is portrayed in Wilson's attack ads as someone who has done nothing but go on "junkets" and miss votes.

    The Romero Rally at Tiguex Park johnny_mango 2004

  • He added that an impression had, wrongly, been created that most committee trips were "junkets" and arranged solely for MPs 'pleasure.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

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