junket
Taxpayer-funded outing
A junket is a trip taken at public expense, especially one by an official that's more pleasure than business: The senator's "fact-finding mission" to Hawaii looked like a junket.
The word carries a whiff of disapproval—taxpayers footing the bill for someone else's good time.
Junket also refers to a milk-based dessert curdled with rennet, though this older sense has faded.
As a verb, to junket is to take such a trip or to feast.
Wasteful, impractical endeavor
- taxpayerOne who owes government duties
- freebieItem given gratis
- perkEmployment bonus
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
fact-finding · congressional · expense · reimbursement · audit · scandal · wasteful · oversight
Brief recreational trip
- outingShort recreational trip
- tripPlanned travel somewhere
- jauntBrief recreational trip
- tourPlanned multi-destination journey
getaway · expedition · pleasure · voyage · holiday · vacation · tourism · sightseeing
Cooked egg-milk mixture
- rennetMilk-curdling enzyme complex
- curdsCoagulated milk solids
- milkMammalian nursing fluid
- creamRich milk fat
sugar · pudding · sweetmeat · whey · curdled · posset · blancmange · syllabub
Excessive, wasteful spending
- indulgenceYielding to desire
- luxuryExpensive nonessential comfort
- opulenceShowy, abundant prosperity
- pamperingLavish attentive care
freebie · perks · wining · dining · hospitality · complimentary · VIP · first-class
Facility for wagering
- high-rollerLavish casino gambler
- compedGiven at no cost
- VegasNevada casino hub
- MacauChinese gambling territory
whale · marker · credit · hospitality · suite · limousine · hosted · invitation
boondoggle
Wasteful, impractical endeavor
delegation · fact-finding · congressional · expense · reimbursement · audit · scandal · wasteful · oversight · accountability
excursion
Brief recreational trip
tour · getaway · expedition · pleasure · voyage · holiday · vacation · tourism · sightseeing · itinerary
custard
Cooked egg-milk mixture
cream · sugar · pudding · sweetmeat · whey · curdled · posset · blancmange · syllabub · clotted
extravagance
Excessive, wasteful spending
- indulgenceYielding to desire
- luxuryExpensive nonessential comfort
- opulenceShowy, abundant prosperity
pampering · freebie · perks · wining · dining · hospitality · complimentary · VIP · first-class · corporate
casino
Facility for wagering
- high-rollerLavish casino gambler
- compedGiven at no cost
- VegasNevada casino hub
Macau · whale · marker · credit · hospitality · suite · limousine · hosted · invitation · exclusive
- vacationsholiday, family vacation, beach vacation, road trip, beach holiday
- cream dessertscustard pudding, vanilla custard, chocolate custard, banana custard, pumpkin custard
- British PuddingsChristmas pudding, sticky toffee pudding, bread and butter pudding, spotted dick, spotted dog
- film promotiontrailer, teaser, poster, premiere, publicity
- gamblinggamble, gambling, casinos, casino, bets
- Classic Dessertsangel food cake, baked Alaska, Black Forest cake, Boston cream pie, bread pudding
junketfact-finding mission
Organized effort to gather information
official duty · site inspection · field work · inspection tour
junketcost-cutting
Reducing expenditures deliberately
budget travel · budget cut · economy class · economizing · belt-tightening
- press junketPromotional media event tour