advertisement /; AmE / noun [C]

BANNER ADVERTISEMENT, BUTTON ADVERTISEMENT, CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT, DISPLAY ADVERTISEMENT

1

a notice, picture or short film telling people about a company, product or service:

cigarette advertisements

advertisements for cigarettes

to take out a full-page/half-page advertisement in a glossy magazine

The product became a best-seller through costly print and television advertisements.

The advertisement appeared on TV last night.

One advertisement shows a man driving a car on a golf course.

⇨ AD, ADVERT See note at ADVERTISING

❖ newspaper/online/print/television advertisements

◆ to place/put/run/take out an advertisement

◆ the advertisement features/shows sb/sth

2

a notice telling people about a job that is available:

an advertisement for a job/post/position

a job advertisement

❖ to place/put/take out an advertisement (in a newspaper)

◆ to answer/reply to/respond to an advertisement

• smart money
• smartphone
• SME
• SMED
• smoke and mirrors
• smoke-free
• smokestack
• smoko
• SMP
• SMS
• smuggle
• S/N
• snail mail
• snap
• snapback
• snapshot
• sneakernet
• snip
• snow
• snowball sampling
• soar
• Soc.
• social
• social accounting
• social audit