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

“Companies don’t want to give out big bonuses. They don’t want to give out as many promotions. They don’t want to give many big pay increases,” she said.

From MarketWatch

He steered Swansea to promotion from the Fourth Division in 1988 and before almost guiding Wales to a first World Cup finals since 1958.

From BBC

Head's promotion to replace Khawaja in the second innings in Perth was a big bang moment, one that Ben Stokes said left him "shellshocked".

From BBC

Since the 1980s, U.S. national security strategies have incorporated aspects of democracy promotion and human rights as U.S. values.

From Salon

Instead of chasing volume with promotions, Constellation is defending margins.

From Barron's