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ad⋅ver⋅tise⋅ment

[ad-ver-tahyz-muhnt, ad-vur-tis-muhnt, -tiz-]
–noun
1. a paid announcement, as of goods for sale, in newspapers or magazines, on radio or television, etc.
2. a public notice, esp. in print.
3. the action of making generally known; a calling to the attention of the public: The news of this event will receive wide advertisement.
Also, ad⋅ver⋅tize⋅ment.


Origin:
1425–75; late ME < MF avertissement. See advertise, -ment
ad·ver·tise·ment   (ād'vər-tīz'mənt, ād-vûr'tĭs-, -tĭz-)   
n.  
  1. The act of advertising.
  2. A notice, such as a poster or a paid announcement in the print, broadcast, or electronic media, designed to attract public attention or patronage.

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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]

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.
Language Translation for : Advertisement
Spanish: anuncio,
German: Anzeige, Werbung,
Japanese: 広告
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