Hypertext Webster Gateway: "advertisement"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Advertisement \Ad*ver"tise*ment\ ([a^]d*v[~e]r"t[i^]z*ment or
[a^]d`v[~e]r*t[imac]z"ment; 277), n. [F. avertisement,
formerly also spelled advertissement, a warning, giving
notice, fr. avertir.]
1. The act of informing or notifying; notification. [Archaic]
An advertisement of danger. --Bp. Burnet.
2. Admonition; advice; warning. [Obs.]
Therefore give me no counsel: My griefs cry louder
than advertisement. --Shak.
3. A public notice, especially a paid notice in some public
print; anything that advertises; as, a newspaper
containing many advertisements.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
advertisement
n : a public promotion of some product or service [syn: {ad}, {advertizement},
{advertising}, {advertizing}, {advert}]
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