advertisement
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- a public promotion of some product or serviceSynonyms: adadvertizementadvertisingadvertizingadvert
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Advertisement \Ad*ver"tise*ment\ ([a^]d*v[~e]r"t[i^]z*ment or [a^]d`v[~e]r*t[imac]z"ment; 277), n. [F. avertisement, formerly also spelled advertissement, a warning, giving notice, fr. avertir.]
1.The act of informing or notifying; notification. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
An advertisement of danger.— Bp. Burnet.[1913 Webster]
2.Admonition; advice; warning. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Therefore give me no counsel: My griefs cry louder than advertisement.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
3.A public notice, especially a paid notice in some public print; anything that advertises; as, a newspaper containing many advertisements. [1913 Webster]