Entertaiment
From the Old French entretenir, to keep together, support, entertain. Originally, it had to do with hospitality. It has now evolved to mean the pleasant occupation of one’s mind, diversion, or amusement: solving a crossword puzzle or watching TV or a Broadway show are entertainment.
The clown at a birthday party, the Broadway play, stadium rock, or your friends fighting over the last potato chip—all of these are forms of entertainment. Bates and Ferri (2010) define entertainment as an activity that is understood objectively, encompasses communication between text and audience, requires external stimulus to exist, offers pleasure, and takes place in a passive form.