Definition of "leaflet" []

• One of the segments of a compound leaf. (noun)
• A small leaf or leaflike part. (noun)
• A printed, usually folded handbill or flier intended for free distribution. (noun)
• To hand out leaflets. (verb-intransitive)
• To hand out leaflets to or in: leafleted the morning commuters; leaflet a neighborhood. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "What UKIP should have explained in their leaflet is the following:"
• "But if this leaflet is the best the critics can do, I do not think he has much of a case to answer."
• "Labour's second Freepost leaflet is doing the rounds."