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classified ad

–noun
an advertisement in a newspaper, magazine, or the like generally dealing with offers of or requests for jobs, houses, apartments, used cars, and the like.
Also called classified, classified advertisement, want ad.


Origin:
1905–10
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want ad  
n.   Informal
A classified advertisement.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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