ad // noun (informal)

BANNER AD, BUTTON AD, CLASSIFIED AD, DISPLAY AD, SMALL AD, TEASER AD, WANT AD

1 [C]

an advertisement:

newspaper/TV/online ads

to put an ad in the paper

The company ran ads in several college newspapers.

You should post your ads on more than one website.

❖ to run an ad

◆ to post/place/put an ad in sth

2 [U]

advertising:

an ad agency/campaign

Our ad budget has been cut this year.

TV ad sales are down 6.9% this year.

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