Advertising

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  advertising \advertising\ n.
     1. a communication publicly promoting some product or
        service.
  
     Syn: ad, advertisement, advert
          [WordNet 1.5]


  
     2. 1 the business of advertising; the activity engaged in by
        professional publicists for pay.
  
     Syn: advertizing, publicizing, the advertising profession,
          the advertising industry
          [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Advertise \Ad`ver*tise"\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Advertised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Advertising}.] [F. avertir,
     formerly also spelt advertir, to warn, give notice to, L.
     advertere to turn to. The ending was probably influenced by
     the noun advertisement. See {Advert}.]
     To give notice to; to inform or apprise; to notify; to make
     known; hence, to warn; -- often followed by of before the
     subject of information; as, to advertise a man of his loss.
     [Archaic]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           I will advertise thee what this people shall do. --Num.
                                                    xxiv. 14.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To give public notice of; to announce publicly, esp. by a
        printed notice; as, to advertise goods for sale, a lost
        article, the sailing day of a vessel, a political meeting.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To apprise; inform; make known; notify; announce;
          proclaim; promulgate; publish.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  advertising
       n 1: a public promotion of some product or service [syn: {ad}, {advertisement},
             {advertizement}, {advertizing}, {advert}]
       2: the business of drawing public attention to goods and
          services [syn: {publicizing}]