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ADVERTISEMENT
ad, advertisement, advertizement, advertising, advertizing, advert
(noun) a public promotion of some product or service
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
advertisement (countable and uncountable, plural advertisements)
(marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.
A public notice.
A recommendation of a particular product, service or person.
(obsolete) Notoriety.
(card games) In gin rummy, the discarding of a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.
Synonyms
• (commercial solicitation): ad, advert
• (public notice)
Hyponyms
• commercial
• infomercial
Source: Wiktionary
Ad*ver"tise*ment, n. Etym: [F.avertisement, formerly also spelled advertissement, a warning, giving notice, fr. avertir.]
1. The act of informing or notifying; notification. [Archaic] An advertisement of danger. Bp. Burnet.
2. Admonition; advice; warning. [Obs.] Therefore give me no counsel: My griefs cry louder than advertisement. Shak.
3. A public notice, especially a paid notice in some public print; anything that advertises; as, a newspaper containing many advertisement.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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