noun
the business of drawing public attention to goods and services
• Syn: ↑advertising
• Derivationally related forms: ↑publicize, ↑advertise (for: ↑advertising)
• Hypernyms: ↑commercial enterprise, ↑business enterprise, ↑business
• Hyponyms: ↑hard sell, ↑soft sell, ↑circularization, ↑circularisation
Useful english dictionary. 2012.