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ad·ver·tis·ing
(ăd′vər-tī′zĭng)n.
1. The activity of attracting public attention to a product or business, as by paid announcements in the print, broadcast, or electronic media.
2. The business of designing and writing advertisements.
3. Advertisements considered as a group: This paper takes no advertising.
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advertising
(ˈædvəˌtaɪzɪŋ) oradvertizing
n
1. (Marketing) the promotion of goods or services for sale through impersonal media, such as radio or television
2. (Marketing) the business that specializes in creating such publicity
3. advertisements collectively; publicity
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ad•ver•tis•ing
(ˈæd vərˌtaɪ zɪŋ)n.
1. the act or practice of offering goods or services to the public through announcements in the media.
2. paid announcements; advertisements.
3. the profession of planning, designing, and writing advertisements.
[1520–30]
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Advertising
See Also: BUSINESS
- Commercials on television are similar to sex and taxes; the more talk there is about them the less likely they are to be curbed —Jack Gould, New York Times, October 20, 1963
- Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing, but nobody else does —Stewart Henderson Britt, New York Herald-Tribune, October 30, 1956
- A good ad should be like a good sermon: It must not only comfort the afflicted, it also must afflict the comfortable —Bernice Fitz-Gibbon
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| Noun | 1. |  advertising - a public promotion of some product or servicedirect mail - advertising sent directly to prospective customers via the mail preview, prevue, trailer - an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future promotion, promotional material, publicity, packaging - a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution; "the packaging of new ideas" advertorial - an advertisement that is written and presented in the style of an editorial or journalistic report mailer - an advertisement that is sent by mail newspaper ad, newspaper advertisement - a printed advertisement that is published in a newspaper commercial, commercial message - a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television broadsheet, broadside, circular, flyer, handbill, throwaway, flier, bill - an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers" teaser - an advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest top billing - the advertisement of a star's name at the top of a theatrical poster |
| 2. |  advertising - the business of drawing public attention to goods and servicesbusiness enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" hard sell - forceful and insistent advertising soft sell - suggestive or persuasive advertising circularisation, circularization - circulating printed notices as a means of advertising |
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advertising
noun promotion, marketing, plugging (informal), hype, publicizing, pushing (informal) money from advertising and sponsorship
Quotations
"You can fool all the people all the time if the advertising is right and the budget is big enough" [Joseph E. Levine]
"Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement" [Dr. Johnson]
"Advertising is the greatest art form of the twentieth century" [Marshall McLuhan Interview in Advertising Age]
"Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business" [F.Scott Fitzgerald Letter to his daughter, Frances Scott Fitzgerald]
"You can fool all the people all the time if the advertising is right and the budget is big enough" [Joseph E. Levine]
"Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement" [Dr. Johnson]
"Advertising is the greatest art form of the twentieth century" [Marshall McLuhan Interview in Advertising Age]
"Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business" [F.Scott Fitzgerald Letter to his daughter, Frances Scott Fitzgerald]
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
advertising
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Translations
inzerce
reklame
mainonta
oglašavanje
広告すること
광고
oglaševanje
reklam
ธุรกิจโฆษณา
việc quảng cáo
advertising
[ˈædvətaɪzɪŋ]A. N
2. (= advertisements collectively) → anuncios mpl
B. CPD advertising agency N → agencia f de publicidad
advertising campaign N → campaña f publicitaria
advertising manager N → jefe/a m/f de publicidad
advertising medium N → medio m de publicidad
advertising rates NPL → tarifa fsing de anuncios
advertising campaign N → campaña f publicitaria
advertising manager N → jefe/a m/f de publicidad
advertising medium N → medio m de publicidad
advertising rates NPL → tarifa fsing de anuncios
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
advertising
[ˈædvərˌtaɪzɪŋ] n → publicité f
modif [budget, costs, revenue] → de publicité, promotionnel(le)
advertising copy → message m publicitaireadvertising agency n → agence f de publicitéadvertising campaign n → campagne f de publicitéadvertising manager n → directeur/trice m/f de la publicité
advertising copy → message m publicitaireadvertising agency n → agence f de publicitéadvertising campaign n → campagne f de publicitéadvertising manager n → directeur/trice m/f de la publicité
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
advertising
advertising
in cpds → Werbe-;advertising agency
n → Werbeagentur f → or -büro nt
advertising campaign
n → Werbekampagne f → or -feldzug m
advertising media
pl → Werbemedien pl
advertising rates
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
advertising
[ˈædvətaɪzɪŋ] n → pubblicità (commerciale); (advertisements collectively) → pubblicità, réclame f invmy brother's in advertising → mio fratello lavora nel settore pubblicitario
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
advertising
→ إِعْلان inzerce reklame Werbung διαφήμιση publicidad mainonta publicité oglašavanje promozione 広告すること 광고 reclame reklame reklama publicidade рекламная деятельность reklam ธุรกิจโฆษณา reklam yapma việc quảng cáo 广告Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009