noun
1. a public promotion of some product or service (Freq. 7)
• Syn: ↑ad, ↑advertisement, ↑advertizement, ↑advertizing, ↑advert
• Derivationally related forms: ↑advertise, ↑advertize (for: ↑advertizement), ↑advertise (for: ↑advertisement)
• Hypernyms: ↑promotion, ↑publicity, ↑promotional material, ↑packaging
• Hyponyms:
↑direct mail, ↑preview, ↑prevue, ↑trailer, ↑advertorial, ↑mailer, ↑newspaper ad, ↑newspaper advertisement, ↑commercial, ↑commercial message, ↑circular, ↑handbill, ↑bill, ↑broadside, ↑broadsheet, ↑flier, ↑flyer, ↑throwaway, ↑teaser, ↑top billing
2. the business of drawing public attention to goods and services (Freq. 6)
• Syn: ↑publicizing
• Derivationally related forms: ↑publicize (for: ↑publicizing), ↑advertise
• Hypernyms: ↑commercial enterprise, ↑business enterprise, ↑business
• Hyponyms: ↑hard sell, ↑soft sell, ↑circularization, ↑circularisation
Useful english dictionary. 2012.