advertising

or ad·ver·tiz·ing

[ ad-ver-tahy-zing ]

noun

1. the act or practice of calling public attention to one's product, service, need, etc., especially by paid announcements in newspapers and magazines, over radio or television, on billboards, etc.:

   to get more customers by advertising.

2. paid announcements; advertisements.
3. the profession of planning, designing, and writing advertisements.

advertising

/ ˈædvəˌtaɪzɪŋ /

noun

1. the promotion of goods or services for sale through impersonal media, such as radio or television
2. the business that specializes in creating such publicity
3. advertisements collectively; publicity

Other Words From

• counter·adver·tising noun
• pro·adver·tising adjective
• pro·adver·tizing adjective
• self-adver·tising adjective noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of advertising¹

First recorded in 1520–30; advertise + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Meanwhile, big dollar advertising campaigns have taken an explicit rainbow-hued slant.

From The Daily Beast

His advertising tells a story, but so do the objects themselves.

From The Daily Beast

All those bloodthirsty tweets and arcane exhortations and now we find out you were an advertising executive—an ad exec!

From The Daily Beast

Manufacturing merchandise, publicity (a radio ad in SF, Facebook ads, venue specific advertising), supplies, shipping.

From The Daily Beast

This measure is largely to protect children from the advertising of drugs, which many feel would normalize the experience.

From The Daily Beast

Ede was the type after which some department store advertising-department diplomat had coined the term "stylish stout."

From Project Gutenberg

All he spent was merely for the bills put up advertising the showthe show which he never intended would come off, Lil!

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Our Correspondent is referred to our numerous advertising friends, as the readiest way to supply his present want in this respect.

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In addition, this advertising may be harmful to those juveniles and adolescents with whom this Committee is primarily concerned.

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I turned to the advertising columns, knowing I should find something of personal interest to me there.

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