The receiving and accommodating of guests, either with or without reward. The hospitable man delights in the entertainment of his friends.

Provisions of the table; hence also, a feast; a superb dinner or supper.

The amusement, pleasure or instruction, derived from conversation, discourse, argument, oratory, music, dramatic performances; the pleasure which the mind receives from any thing interesting, and which holds or arrests the attention. We often have rich entertainment, in the conversation of a learned friend.

Reception; admission.

The state of being in pay or service.

Payment of — those retained in service.

That which entertains; that which serves for amusement; the lower comedy; farce.