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English Dictionary: advertisement	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for advertisement
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
advertisement n a public promotion of some product or service [syn: ad, advertisement, advertizement, advertising, advertizing, advert]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Advertisement \Adver"tisement\ ([acr]dv[etil]r"t[icr]zm[eit]nt or [acr]d`v[etil]rt[imac]z"m[eit]nt; 277), n. [F. avertisement, formerly also spelled advertissement, a warning, giving notice, fr. avertir.] 1. The act of informing or notifying; notification. [Archaic] An advertisement* of danger. --Bp. Burnet. 2. Admonition; advice; warning. [Obs.] Therefore give me no counsel: My griefs cry louder than advertisement. --Shak. 3. A public notice, especially a paid notice in some public print; anything that advertises; as, a newspaper containing many advertisements.