Definition of Promotion

1. Noun. A message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution. "The packaging of new ideas"


2. Noun. Act of raising in rank or position.
Specialized synonyms: Ennoblement, Preferment, Investiture, Investment
Generic synonyms: Change
Antonyms: Demotion
Derivative terms: Promote

3. Noun. Encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something.
Exact synonyms: Advancement, Furtherance
Generic synonyms: Encouragement
Derivative terms: Advance, Further, Further, Promote

4. Noun. The advancement of some enterprise. "His experience in marketing resulted in the forwarding of his career"
Exact synonyms: Forwarding, Furtherance
Generic synonyms: Advancement, Progress
Derivative terms: Promote

Definition of Promotion

1. n. The act of promoting, advancing, or encouraging; the act of exalting in rank or honor; also, the condition of being advanced, encouraged, or exalted in honor; preferment.

Definition of Promotion

1. Noun. An advancement in rank or position. ¹

2. Noun. (context: marketing) Dissemination of information about a product, product line, brand, or company. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Promotion

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Promotion

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promotabilities
promotability
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promote to Glory
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promotees
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promoters
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promotility
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promotion (current term)
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prompt box
prompt copy

Literary usage of Promotion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by United States Civil Service Commission (1898)
"Vacancies, except in the lowest class of any grade, shall be filled by promotion, transfer, or reinstatement, unless specially provided lor by open ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"Naval officer»—promotion — construction of ... 1. under the Act of June 16,1882, If a naval officer le delayed in hie promotion because he has not been ..."

3. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People: A Report of the Surgeon General by M. Joycelyn Elders (1997)
"The actual purchase of a product or service in a marketplace thus is often achieved by marketers' use of a specific promotion (Popper 1986; Davis and Jason ..."

4. The Financial Policy of Corporations by Arthur Stone Dewing (1920)
"CHAPTER VI THE FINANCIAL PLAN OF A RAILROAD promotion Kinds of contemporary railway promotion,; Early railroad promotion, 89 ; The construction company, ..."

5. The Politics of Trade and Industrial Policy in Africa[: Forced Consensus? by Charles Chukwuma Soludo, Michael Osita Ogbu, Ha-Joon Chang (2004)
"The Mauritius FDI Policy Regime and Investment promotion Strategy should be improved to increase investment flows. There have been delays in getting foreign ..."

6. The Politics of Trade and Industrial Policy in Africa[: Forced Consensus? by Charles Chukwuma Soludo, Michael Osita Ogbu, Ha-Joon Chang (2004)
"The other institutional reform required relates to the development of a national investment promotion strategy, more so as foreign direct investment has ..."

7. The Politics of Trade and Industrial Policy in Africa[: Forced Consensus? by Charles Chukwuma Soludo, Michael Osita Ogbu, Ha-Joon Chang (2004)
"The Mauritius FDI Policy Regime and Investment promotion Strategy should be improved to increase investment flows. There have been delays in getting foreign ..."

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