LBED_01_aadvertisementad·ver·tise·ment /ədˈvɜːtəsməntˌædvərˈtaɪz-/ (also advert British EnglishBrE) noun [countableC] MARKETINGa picture, piece of film, or piece of writing that is used to tell people publicly about a product or service in order to persuade them to buy itShe appears in advertisements for health foods.
a television advertisement for a brand of toothpaste
The company has placed advertisements in today’s Wall Street Journal.
The importers of the faulty driers have run advertisements asking owners to contact them.
Advertisements (informally ads or adverts British EnglishBrE) which promote or market a product or service appear in many forms. A billboard (also hoarding British EnglishBrE) is a large sign placed next to a road with a picture advertising a product on it. Flyers, which are small sheets of paper advertising something, are given out to people in the street. Junk mail is unwanted advertising material that you receive in the post and spam is unwanted emails advertising something. A mailshot is advertising material that a company sends by post to a large number of people at the same time. Commercials are advertisements on TV or radio. Banner ads/web banners are advertisements on a webpage with a link to the website of an advertiser, and a popup is an advertisement that suddenly appears in a separate window when you are looking at a website. When the maker of a product arranges for the product to appear in a film or television programme, this form of advertising is known as product placement.
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