advertisement: Meaning and Definition of
ad•ver•tise•ment
Pronunciation: (ad"vur-tīz'munt, ad-vûr'tis-munt, -tiz-), [key]
— n.
- a paid announcement, as of goods for sale, in newspapers or magazines, on radio or television, etc.
- a public notice, esp. in print.
- the action of making generally known; a calling to the attention of the public: The news of this event will receive wide advertisement.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.