Muzak

American  

[myoo-zak] / ˈmyu zæk /

Trademark.

1. recorded background music transmitted by radio, telephone, or satellite to built-in sets in offices, restaurants, waiting rooms, etc.

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Muzak British  

/ ˈmjuːzæk /

noun

1. recorded light music played in shops, restaurants, factories, etc, to entertain, increase sales or production, etc

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Example Sentences

It actually begins with spoken dialogue, accompanied by what I would basically call Muzak, by a meditation teacher.

From New York Times

If you stream the show now, Damon’s song choices have been replaced with cheap-sounding Muzak and tracks by unknown bands.

From New York Times

At the start, Spatial’s main competition is some combination of Muzak for public spaces and whatever custom tools Disney Imagineers use for the audio in their theme parks.

From The Verge

But if Muzak the corporation left us, its spirit never did.

From The Verge

In the absence of Muzak, we just Muzak ourselves In its heyday — the better part of the 20th century — Muzak was the soundtrack of the mall: familiar, pleasing, and most importantly, inoffensive.

From The Verge