junketing
Pleasure trips, expensed
Junketing is traveling or entertaining at public expense, especially by government officials.
The word carries a whiff of criticism—implying the trip is more pleasure than business: While constituents struggled, the senator was off junketing in Europe.
A junket is such a trip; junketing is the practice of taking them.
Brief recreational trip
- outingShort recreational trip
- tripPlanned travel somewhere
- jauntBrief recreational trip
- tourPlanned multi-destination journey
sightseeing · getaway · expedition · voyage · journey · sojourn · itinerary · tourism
Formal celebratory meal
- feastElaborate ceremonial meal
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
- merrymakingLively, cheerful celebration
- carousingBoisterous drinking spree
indulgence · spread · repast · smorgasbord · buffet · groaning board · gourmet · delicacies
Gathering for celebration
- galaFestive formal occasion
- festivityCelebratory occasion or mood
- shindigBoisterous social gathering
- bashForceful striking blow
soiree · revelry · carnival · fete · jamboree · fiesta · hoedown · gathering
Transferring responsibility downward
- official visitFormal diplomatic journey
- fact-findingSeeking verified information
- congressionalOf a legislature
- boondoggleWasteful, impractical endeavor
expense account · per diem · state visit · entourage · freebie · perk · lobbying · trade mission
excursion
Brief recreational trip
tour · sightseeing · getaway · expedition · voyage · journey · sojourn · itinerary · tourism · globetrotting
banquet
Formal celebratory meal
- feastElaborate ceremonial meal
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
- merrymakingLively, cheerful celebration
carousing · indulgence · spread · repast · smorgasbord · buffet · groaning board · gourmet · delicacies · epicurean
party
Gathering for celebration
bash · soiree · revelry · carnival · fete · jamboree · fiesta · hoedown · gathering · merriment
delegation
Transferring responsibility downward
- official visitFormal diplomatic journey
- fact-findingSeeking verified information
- congressionalOf a legislature
boondoggle · expense account · per diem · state visit · entourage · freebie · perk · lobbying · trade mission · inspection tour
junketingeconomizing
Reducing expenditures deliberately
penny-pinching · austerity · belt-tightening · thrift · cost-cutting
junketingworking
In active function
toiling · fact-finding · grinding · nose to the grindstone · productive labor
junketingself-denial
Restraining one's own desires
asceticism · abstaining · austerity · abstinence · spartan living