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