ad•ver•tise•ment ad-ver tise-ment l’advar, tizm(e)nt, ed’vardazme)nt
noun
a notice or announcement in a public medium promoting a product, service, or event or publicizing a job vacancy: advertisements for alcoholic drinks | we received only two replies to our advertisement.
• (advertisement for) informal a person or thing regarded as a means of recommending something: unhappy clients are not a good advertisement for the company.
• archaic a notice to readers in a book.
ORIGIN
late Middle English (denoting a statement calling attention to something): from Old French advertisement, from the verb advertir (see advertise).
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