promotions

[pruh-moh-shuhn]

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.
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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.
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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin prōmōtiōn- (stem of prōmōtiō). See promote, -ion

pro·mo·tion·al, adjective
non·pro·mo·tion, noun
pre·pro·mo·tion, noun
self-pro·mo·tion, noun
un·pro·mo·tion·al, adjective
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