noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an entertainment complex (= with cinemas, restaurants and other places to go )
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There are plans for an entertainment complex with cinemas and a bowling alley.
an entertainment district (= where there are a lot of bars, clubs etc )
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Visitors to Roppongi, Tokyo’s entertainment district, come to experience the latest fashions and have fun.
entertainment/business expenses
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The president receives an unspecified allowance for business and entertainment expenses.
mass marketing/entertainment etc
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a mass marketing campaign
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Email has made mass mailings possible at the touch of a button.
the leisure/entertainment industry
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Computer technology has revolutionized the entertainment industry.
the music/entertainment/computer etc business
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He started out working in the computer business.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
free
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Here are the breakaway dates with highlights of the free entertainment .
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They give us free information, free entertainment , free software, some even give us free mail.
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It is a small commercial music festival which helps to support a large free family entertainment programme.
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If you survive all that, Saturday, February 15, is a terrific day for free entertainment .
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Adjacent to pub which offers free nightly entertainment for guests.
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The activity centres around the big top in Stockton High Street offering free all day entertainment with live broadcasts and personal appearances.
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Free bar offering wine, spirits and soft drinks. Free in-flight entertainment . 15 kilo baggage allowance.
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After all, it's all free for your entertainment .
light
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In the seventies, it seemed that a light entertainment show on television was not complete without a clutch of catchphrases.
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But as message movies began to muscle out light entertainment , Reynolds became disposable.
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Radio brought entertainment to a mass audience, in particular light musical entertainment: it produced the age of the great dance bands.
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Moving the Nine O'clock News would free a peak slot to attract more viewers with dramas and light entertainment .
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Both videos are situations comedies made by a top television light entertainment director and an experienced cast of comedy actors.
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Music that could never be taken as light entertainment .
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The licencee must also pick a selection of other programme categories such as drama, light entertainment and sport.
live
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There are three bars, with live entertainment in the trendy Platform 1 bar.
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This is one of the hottest destinations after work for savvy Downtowners, especially during special events when there is live entertainment .
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Lobster, fish and charcoal grilled steaks are the specialities, with live entertainment on offer most evenings.
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There will be live entertainment throughout the day and a wide range of Greenpeace merchandise will be on sale.
mass
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What had arrived now really was mass entertainment .
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The other is the onslaught on the mind by mass junk entertainment .
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In the process it invented mass entertainment , the 10-lane freeway and smog.
musical
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Interspersed with the musical entertainment would be several lectures.
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Some restaurants in the old town feature musical entertainment while you are dining, including fado and piano music.
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Radio brought entertainment to a mass audience, in particular light musical entertainment: it produced the age of the great dance bands.
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After the Sunday evening service in Thomas Street free suppers were provided and musical entertainments given.
popular
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Television augmented and soon overtook the cinema as the masses' most popular form of entertainment .
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The cost of producing sitcoms and other forms of popular entertainment has been growing.
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The first is fraternal, popular entertainment , and a financial godsend for health care and education.
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With no suspense about the outcome to enliven the potentially dull political proceedings, the Republicans embraced the popular world of entertainment .
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As well as being neglected in popular entertainment , this type of crime has also been neglected as an area of study.
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Both artists succeed in conveying the sense of liveliness and movement found in popular forms of entertainment .
public
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An application for a public entertainment licence for the new venture goes before Middlesbrough Council's licensing sub-committee tomorrow.
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In Derby it is a condition on the public entertainment licence for all licensed premises employing doormen.
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His peregrinations of the islands at election time were always diverting public entertainments .
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The ban on public entertainment , sport and most commercial activities remained in place.
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They hope the authorities will adopt the principle in all public entertainment licences with effect from 1993.
pure
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Thus, beneath what may seem to be pure escapist entertainment , there lies a deep psychological truth.
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They are two very different films then, the one classified as pure art, the other as pure entertainment .
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business
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But brand loyalty is harder to win in the information and entertainment businesses .
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The schools are close to the studios, and many families in the entertainment business have homes in the Valley.
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Most managers want to deal with all of an artist's activities in the entertainment business throughout the world.
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Fragmentation is rampant in the entertainment business .
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Like many in the entertainment business , they love dressing up.
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But friendships made at Montclair Prep can open doors in the entertainment business .
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It was real progress in the entertainment business .
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But industry sources have indicated Mr Schwartz has long had an interest in the entertainment business .
center
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Some seem to have simply added a pull-out keyboard tray to the armoire / entertainment center and renamed it a computer cabinet.
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It featured a contemporary black leather sofa, state-of-the-art entertainment center and a gigantic pool table.
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Today, spruced-up Times Square is in the midst of a surprising, almost surreal transformation into a family-oriented entertainment center .
company
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Sherry planned on having an entertainment company of her own.
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Their goal is to grow as a general entertainment company .
evening
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Unlike the West, business luncheons are a rarity and evening entertainment almost never takes place in the home.
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My rendition of Parma climbing to Ambadji was to become a popular set-piece for evening entertainment .
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Most specialist tours to Blackpool usually include an evenings entertainment in with the price.
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For evening entertainment there is a piano bar and, for the more energetic, a sound-proofed discotheque operates in the basement.
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Price is about £255 which includes full board, accommodation and evening entertainment .
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For evening entertainment there are a number of hotels, bars and restaurants within walking distance.
expenses
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Some entertainment expenses are bona fide business expenses under the tax laws-and these are discussed shortly.
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The new president will receive an unspecified allowance for business and entertainment expenses , as well as 22 days vacation.
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The substantiation rules for the working condition fringe benefit are similar to those for travel and entertainment expenses covered in Chapter 5.
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With travel and entertainment expenses , the bona fides of the expense may not be so readily apparent.
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Now business owners must participate in the process of documenting the travel and entertainment expenses of their employees.
home
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It is only by renting your equipment that you can keep fully up to date with advances in home entertainment technology.
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Home Entertainment Another application area of e-commerce is that of home entertainment .
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AimTech's Tiger Media acquisition also ties in neatly with its planned excursion into the market for interactive home entertainment systems.
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In the entire home entertainment area, the key element is the notion of customer control over programming.
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So is the core home entertainment system next?
industry
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He expresses extreme concern about how the entertainment industry is able to contaminate the mind of the public.
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However, the biggest challenge we face today is a willingness by some in the entertainment industry to produce whatever sells.
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Or merely a branch of the advertising and entertainment industry ?
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Clinton also was the favorite of the media and entertainment industry , which gave him more than $ 300, 000&038;.
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The entertainment industry now employs more people than the aerospace industry.
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McElwee sees Los Angeles and its entertainment industry through the eyes of a bemused Easterner.
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The entertainment industry is, of course, rife with synthetic body parts, including hair.
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The entertainment industry also is hot.
licence
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An application for a public entertainment licence for the new venture goes before Middlesbrough Council's licensing sub-committee tomorrow.
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Sefton councillors this week stripped the club of its entertainments licence after being handed a police dossier detailing violent and rowdy incidents.
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In Derby it is a condition on the public entertainment licence for all licensed premises employing doormen.
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If permission is granted for an entertainment licence , the promoters hope to start shows there within the next few months.
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A final decision whether to grant an entertainment licence will be taken in March.
system
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Comprehensive navigation and communication equipment complement the entertainment systems .
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The 777 is quieter, has user-friendly storage bins and a sophisticated entertainment system with multiple choices.
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AimTech's Tiger Media acquisition also ties in neatly with its planned excursion into the market for interactive home entertainment systems .
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So is the core home entertainment system next?
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The Lynx is an entertainment system .
value
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A good little program, even if you only want it for its entertainment value .
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His supporters stress the sentimental and entertainment value of seeing him take the baton one more time.
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Of course the studio hoped that the film would succeed as melodrama and much of the publicity stressed its entertainment value .
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Budweiser gets the slight edge here over Pepsi for entertainment value .
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This has very little to do with the quality and entertainment value of the films themselves.
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Although the spectacle had macabre entertainment value , a fundamental question got buried in the slime: Did Carey finagle the books?
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And in terms of entertainment value , Rhodes is fantastic.
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They are worth far more than £300 million in entertainment value .
world
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They also stated that his kind regard for his employees was unique in the entertainment world .
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The entertainment world has always been fond of him.
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No previous dance troupe manager had attacked the entertainment world so vigorously.
■ VERB
enjoy
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Bohunt's team will enjoy an evening of entertainment which will include tasting food and listening to the music of many countries.
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The George Street precinct is a great place to pause, enjoy the frequent street entertainment and watch the world go by.
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Our Exmoor club is free to residents - and you can enjoy regular entertainment , discos and live bands.
offer
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Diller reportedly is trying to build a national network of television stations that would offer sports and entertainment programming.
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At the same time it offered great entertainment for the onlookers.
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The other leagues offer a better entertainment package.
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But it was Sky's fault that Sonia's musical non-charms were offered as half-time entertainment .
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This latest book turns the spotlight on the human aspects and it offers excellent entertainment .
provide
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Instead they tried to take their minds off the poster campaign by providing weekend entertainment .
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The station provides entertainment and news.
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The navy probably had to provide all sorts of entertainment for these women.
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Such sponsorships provide support for events which might not otherwise take place, providing pleasure and entertainment for the public.
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The positive side of all this is that the game provides hours of entertainment for children who are up to the challenge.
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Their purpose is increasingly to provide entertainment .
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In the dreary new settlements revivalist contests also provided entertainment .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Blackpool was where I got my first taste of the world of entertainment .
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Frankie is known throughout the entertainment business as an energetic performer.
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So what do you do for entertainment in this town?
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the entertainment industry
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Fishbane appears to have had an entertainment allowance of around twenty thousand.
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Here are the breakaway dates with highlights of the free entertainment .
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Media Research Center analysts studied all 1995 prime time entertainment programs on the networks.
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My rendition of Parma climbing to Ambadji was to become a popular set-piece for evening entertainment .
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That passed for big-time entertainment in those days, even in the so-called Roaring Twenties.
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There are also sections on entertainment , events and ideas for themed short breaks.
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There was the provision of food, drink, in-flight entertainment and duty-free goods, and the printing of tickets.
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This is entertainment that could make you think.