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classified advertising

noun

  1. classified ads collectively.
  2. the business or practice of selling space for classified ads.
  3. the department of a newspaper or other publication that handles classified advertising.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of classified advertising1

An Americanism dating back to 1930–35

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Example Sentences

For the first, nothing is better than newspaper classified advertising, particularly that found in the Sunday paper.

Never before have the newspapers carried so much classified advertising.

Every newspaper is anxious to increase —— classified advertising.

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