promotion

American  

[pruh-moh-shuhn] / prəˈmoʊ ʃən /

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.

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Other Word Forms

• nonpromotion noun
• prepromotion noun
• promotional adjective
• self-promotion noun
• unpromotional adjective

Etymology

Origin of promotion

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Late Latin prōmōtiōn-, stem of prōmōtiō “movement forward, advancement”; equivalent to promote + -ion

Example Sentences

He describes Stalin’s promotion to head of the Leningrad Party in 1929, which never happened—Stalin was by that time consolidating his power across the U.S.S.R.

From The Wall Street Journal

Optimum features new-customer promotions, offering free access to apps such as HBO Max for a period, and then providing them as an add-on for a fee afterward.

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When a promotion affords her a workspace, she cultivates a fixation with paperweights, which help keep her daydreaming grounded.

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That is prompting shoppers to delay restocking their pantries and pass on buying extra tubes of toothpaste when they see a promotion.

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In their case, they had booked a highly discounted Caribbean cruise leaving from Fort Lauderdale as part of a promotion offered to casino players.

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