ADVERTISEMENT

ad, advertisement, advertizement, advertising, advertizing, advert

(noun) a public promotion of some product or service

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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