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Junket can refer to:

a trip taken by a government official at public expense with dubious public benefit

a form of bribery/corruption whereby entities offer services or privileges in the expectation of winning "hearts and minds". Compare movie junket.

a dessert made of flavoured, sweetened curds. Junket has been used this way since the fifteenth century.

"Junket" is a brand name for rennet tablets, often called Junket tablets. Junket tablets are a common source of rennet for home cheese makers.

in a gambling sense, a junket is a cheap or free trip to a casino or similar establishment on the guarantee that players will gamble for a specific period of time or wager a specific amount of money.

a local alternative band in southern new york

Look up junket in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Category: Disambiguation Bribery is the practice of offering a professional money or other favours in order to circumvent ethics in a variety of professions. ... In economics and marketing, a service is the non-material equivalent of a good. ... A privilegeâ€”etymologically private law or law relating to a specific individualâ€”is an honour, or permissive activity granted by another person or a government. ... The movie junket commonly occurs in movie marketing. ... WINKY DESSERTS!!!!!! ... Curd is a dairy product obtained by curdling (coagulating) milk with rennet or an edible acidic substance such as lemon juice or vinegar and then draining off the liquid portion (called whey). ... Junket is the brand name of a product used to make a milk-based dessert, made with sweetened milk and rennet, the digestive enzyme which curdles milk. ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... Rennet, also called rennin or chymosin (EC 3. ... Cheese is a solid food made from the curdled milk of cows, goats, sheep, or other mammals. ... Gambling has had many different meanings depending on the cultural and historical context in which it is used. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary logo Wiktionary is a sister project to Wikipedia intended to be a free wiki dictionary (including thesaurus and lexicon) in every language. ...

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junket - definition of junket in Encyclopedia (218 words)
	Junket is now the brand name of a milk-based dessert, made with sweetened milk and rennet, the digestive enzyme which curdles milk.
	Junket is often served with a sprinkling of grated nutmeg on top.
	In a gambling sense, a junket is a cheap or free trip to a casino or similar establishment on the guarantee that players will gamble for a specific period of time or wager a specific amount of money.

Junket - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (201 words)
	Junket has been used this way since the fifteenth century.
	"Junket" is a brand name for rennet tablets, often called Junket tablets.
	Junket tablets are a common source of rennet for home cheese makers.

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