Entertaiment refers to any activity that provides amusement, recreation, or gratification. Entertainment can have a serious purpose as well, such as in ceremonies, religious festivals and satire. It is also possible for a form of entertainment to inspire other forms of entertainment, as the story of Scheherazade, from the Persian professional storytelling tradition, inspired a series of orchestral works by Rimsky-Korsakov, Ravel and Szymanowski, film and video game adaptations. The word may be abbreviated to entmt on a flier or in industry news publications, but is rarely abbreviated further in general prose.
What is the origin of the word Entertaiment?