advertising
noun
- form of communication for marketing, typically paid for
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzɪŋ/ / /ˈædvəˌtaɪzɪŋ/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English advertise English -ing English advertising From advertise + -ing.
- Communication whose purpose is to influence potential customers about products and services.
“Advertisings do not by themselves cause a book to 'go'. The circulating libraries are far more useful than any advertising columns.”
“[...] the women were presumably going shopping at the department stores growing up along Oxford Street, and the Central's nearness to these stores would make the advertising space in its stations the most expensive on the Underground.”
- The industry or profession made up of such communications.
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree English advertise English -ing English advertising From advertise + -ing.
- present participle and gerund of advertise