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Definition of promotional - 2 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.
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