advertisement
/ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt/ noun A2- A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar. · Companies try to sell their products using advertisements in form of placards, television spots and print publications.
- A public notice. · The city council placed an advertisement in the local newspaper to inform its residents of the forthcoming roadworks.
- A recommendation of a particular product, service or person. · The good manners and intelligence of the students are an advertisement for the school.
- 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.
Plural advertisements
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He sold a drug, pretending that it was an antidote to all poisons, and obtained a great name for himself by long-winded puffs and advertisements.
“And who do you expect will answer this advertisement.”
“I have had advertisements sent to all the newspapers, and one of my men has gone to the American Exchange, but he has not returned yet.”
OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR.
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