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Definition of Classified advertisement
1. Noun. A short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type.
Generic synonyms: Newspaper Ad, Newspaper Advertisement
Specialized synonyms: Want Ad
Definition of Classified advertisement
1. Noun. Any of a list of newspaper or website advertisements included with others under a heading describing the category of product or service offered. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Literary usage of Classified advertisement
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English of Commerce by John Baker Opdycke (1920)
"A classified advertisement is one printed in small or agate type under such headings
... A CERTIFIED ADVERTISEMENT is an expanded classified advertisement, ..."
2. The English of Commerce by John Baker Opdycke (1920)
"A classified advertisement is one printed in small or agate type under such headings
... A CERTIFIED ADVERTISEMENT is an expanded classified advertisement, ..."
3. Forty Years an Advertising Agent, 1865-1905 by George Presbury Rowell (1906)
"I have often thought that the day of the classified advertisement is yet in its
... The classified advertisement can also be made to serve the purpose of an ..."
4. Advertising, Its Principles and Practice by Harry Tipper (1919)
"Thus we may have the three following types, according to the task attempted: 1.
classified advertisement. Takes initial attention, interest, and memory for ..."
5. How to Deal with Human Nature in Business: A Practical Book on Doing by Sherwin Cody (1915)
"To most of us the most important classified advertisement is that intended for
the Help-Wanted or Situation- Wanted columns. When we want a job, ..."
6. News, Ads, and Sales: The Use of English for Commercial Purposes by John Baker Opdycke (1914)
"It makes a fuller, more detailed statement than a classified advertisement.
The return from such an advertisement is more certain than from the regular, ..."
7. Writing an Advertisement: A Analysis of the Methods and the Mental Processes by Samuel Roland Hall (1915)
"It may be a four-line classified advertisement under Help Wanted or For Rent, a
kind of advertisement that is actually looked for by a large number of ..."
8. Finding Your Job: Sound and Practical Business Methods by Norman Glass Shidle (1922)
"The layout of the classified advertisement may first be considered. The advertisements
in these columns are subject to very definite rules on the part of ..."
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