'promotion' definitions:
Definition of 'promotion'
From: WordNet
noun
A message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution; "the packaging of new ideas" [syn: promotion, publicity, promotional material, packaging]
noun
Act of raising in rank or position [ant: demotion]
noun
Encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something [syn: promotion, furtherance, advancement]
noun
The advancement of some enterprise; "his experience in marketing resulted in the forwarding of his career" [syn: forwarding, furtherance, promotion]
Definition of 'promotion'
From: GCIDE
- promotion \pro*mo"tion\ (pr[-o]*m[=o]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. promotio: cf. F. promotion.] 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. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. --Ps. lxxv. 6. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'promotion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abetting,
- acknowledgment,
- advance,
- advancement,
- advancing,
- advertisement,
- advertising,
- advocacy,
- advocating,
- affiche,
- aiding,
- amelioration,
- amendment,
- appreciation,
- ascent,
- assisting,
- backing,
- ballyhoo,
- bettering,
- betterment,
- bill,
- billboard,
- blurb,
- boost,
- boosting,
- broadside,
- brochure,
- bruiting,
- buildup,
- career,
- championing,
- circular,
- commendation,
- consumer preference study,
- consumer research,
- consumer survey,
- course,
- cultivation,
- developing,
- development,
- direct-mail selling,
- drumbeating,
- elevation,
- encouragement,
- enhancement,
- enrichment,
- espousal,
- eugenics,
- euthenics,
- exaltation,
- expediting,
- expedition,
- facilitation,
- fanfare,
- flack,
- flier,
- flyer,
- forward motion,
- forwardal,
- forwarding,
- fostering,
- furtherance,
- furthering,
- go-ahead,
- good word,
- Great Leap Forward,
- hand-out,
- handbill,
- hard sell,
- hawking,
- headway,
- helping,
- helping along,
- high-pressure salesmanship,
- hoarding,
- honorable mention,
- huckstering,
- hype,
- improvement,
- improving,
- inspiration,
- inspiriting,
- jobbing,
- leaflet,
- lift,
- low-pressure salesmanship,
- mail-order selling,
- march,
- market research,
- marketing,
- marketing research,
- melioration,
- mend,
- mending,
- merchandising,
- nurturing,
- ongoing,
- onward course,
- passage,
- peddling,
- pickup,
- placard,
- plug,
- plugging,
- poster,
- preference,
- preferential treatment,
- preferment,
- presentation,
- press-agentry,
- progress,
- progression,
- progressiveness,
- promoting,
- propaganda,
- public relations,
- publicity,
- publicization,
- publicizing,
- puff,
- puffery,
- recognition,
- recommendation,
- recovery,
- restoration,
- retailing,
- revival,
- rise,
- rolling,
- rolling on,
- rushing,
- sales campaign,
- sales promotion,
- salesmanship,
- sanction,
- sanctioning,
- selling,
- sellout,
- soft sell,
- space,
- special treatment,
- speeding,
- stimulating,
- stimulation,
- strengthening,
- support,
- travel,
- upbeat,
- upgrade,
- upgrading,
- uplift,
- upping,
- upswing,
- uptrend,
- upward mobility,
- way,
- wholesaling