1.A cheese cake; a sweetmeat; any delicate food. "How Faery Mab the junkets eat." "Victuals varied well in taste, And other junkets."
2.A feast; an entertainment. "A new jaunt or junket every night."
3.A trip made at the expense of an organization of which the traveller is an official, ostensibly to obtain information relevant to one's duties; especially, a trip made by a public official at government expense. The term is sometimes used opprobriously, from a belief that such trips are often taken for private pleasure, and are therefore a waste of public money; as, a congressional junket to a tropical country.
