Entertainment /(?)/

En·ter·tain·ment

Entertainment

n.
  1. The act of receiving as host, or of amusing, admitting, or cherishing; hospitable reception; also, reception or treatment, in general.
    The entertainment of Christ by faith.
    — Baxter.
    The sincere entertainment and practice of the precepts of the gospel.
    — Bp. Sprat.
  2. That which entertains, or with which one is entertained;
    Theatrical entertainments conducted with greater elegance and refinement.
  3. Admission into service; service.
    Some band of strangers in the adversary's entertainment.
  4. Payment of soldiers or servants; wages. [Obs.]
    The entertainment of the general upon his first arrival was but six shillings and eight pence.