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Definition of Promotion - 4 dictionary results

pro⋅mo⋅tion

[pruh-moh-shuhn]
–noun
1. advancement in rank or position.
2. furtherance or encouragement.
3. the act of promoting.
4. the state of being promoted.
5. something devised to publicize or advertise a product, cause, institution, etc., as a brochure, free sample, poster, television or radio commercial, or personal appearance.
6. Also called queening. Chess. the replacement of a pawn that has reached the enemy's first rank by a more powerful piece of the same color, usually a queen.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME < LL prōmōtiōn- (s. of prōmōtiō). See promote, -ion


pro⋅mo⋅tion⋅al, adjective
pro·mo·tion   (prə-mō'shən)   
n.  
  1. The act of promoting or the fact of being promoted; advancement.
  2. Encouragement of the progress, growth, or acceptance of something; furtherance.
  3. Advertising; publicity.
pro·mo'tion·al adj., pro·mo'tion·al·ly adv.

promotion 
1429, "advancement," from O.Fr. promotion (14c.), from L. promotionem, noun of action from promovere (see promote). Meaning "advertising, publicity" first recorded 1925. Promotional "relating to advertising" first recorded 1922.
Language Translation for : Promotion
Spanish: ascenso, promoción,
German: die Beförderung,
Japanese: 昇進

promotion pro·mo·tion (prə-mō'shən)
n.
The stimulation of the progress or growth of a tumor following initiation by a promoter.

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