expo /; AmE / noun [C]

1 (Trade ) Expo

a large international event at which representatives from different countries show the products, machinery, buildings, etc. that their countries are producing, building, etc:

Shanghai will host the 2010 World Expo.

2 (Marketing )

a public event at which one company or many different companies producing related products show and sell their new products and services:

a toy industry expo

the expo hall

SYN TRADE SHOW

NOTE The word expo is a short form of exposition.

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