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Definition of "promotion" []

  • The act of promoting or the fact of being promoted; advancement. (noun)
  • Encouragement of the progress, growth, or acceptance of something; furtherance. (noun)
  • Advertising; publicity. (noun)

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.

Use "promotion" in a sentence
  • "So, for Burger King to snap up that exclusivity in promotion is very smart."
  • "But taking your comment instead at face value, what you term promotion I see as learning."
  • "In France recently, I took note of how television there announces commercials by displaying the word "promotion" leading into them."