promotion

(prə-mō'shən)
n.

1. The act of promoting or the fact of being promoted; advancement.
2. Encouragement of the progress, growth, or acceptance of something; furtherance.
3. Advertising; publicity.

promotional pro·mo'tion·al adj.
promotionally pro·mo'tion·al·ly adv.

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Single element of an advertising campaign. A promotion might be a short-term price reduction, contest or sweepstakes, package giveaway, or free sample offer. A promotion might also be a single mailing within a direct mail campaign or series of advertisements that make up part of an ongoing print advertising campaign. The Milk Advisory Board has employed celebrities with milk mustaches in a series of magazine ads. These "Got Milk?" print ads are a promotion within an overall campaign to increase milk consumption. See also sales promotion.

1. job advance, with higher level of pay and responsibility.


2. selling techniques, including advertising, printing, and salesperson commissions.

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noun

1. A progression upward in rank: advancement, elevation, jump, rise, upgrade. See rise/fall.
2. A systematic effort or part of this effort to increase the importance or reputation of by favorable publicity: advertisement, ballyhoo, buildup, publicity, puffery. Informal pitch, plug. Slang hype. See knowledge/ignorance.
3. The act or profession of promoting something, as a product: advertising, publicity. See knowledge/ignorance.

n

Definition: higher position in organization
Antonyms: demotion

n

Definition: publicity
Antonyms: silence

promotion, the use of an unstressed syllable to realize the rhythmic ‘beat’ in a position normally occupied within a metrical verse line by a stressed syllable (see metre). This common device of metrical variation in English verse occurs where an unstressed syllable appears between two other unstressed syllables, or between an unstressed syllable and a line‐break. In Keats's line:

His soul shall taste the sadness of her might.

the syllable of has been promoted to a ‘beat’ position between two other unstressed syllables; this does not mean, though, that it should be heavily stressed in reading aloud. Where promotion occurs on the last syllable of an iambic line, it sometimes produces a weak ending. See also demotion.

IN BRIEF: A moving up in position.

That next promotion depends mostly on how you think toward your present job. — David. J. Schwartz

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Quotes:

"Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent." - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

"It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills." - Francois De La Rochefoucauld

"I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it." - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

"Promote yourself but do not demote another." - Israel Salanter

"The hope, and not the fact, of advancement, is the spur to industry." - Sir Henry Taylor

"When I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing." - Woodrow T. Wilson

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n

The gaining and retaining of acceptance by others of the views, products, or services of the originator of the message. Components of promotion: personal selling, advertising, sales promotion, and publicity.

For a list of words related to promotion, see:

• Commerce and Trade - promotion: something devised to advance a product or service in order to persuade consumers to buy or use it
• Advertising - promotion: method of increasing sales of merchandise through advertising; any activity aimed at increasing sales

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - forfremmelse, fremme, forøget salg

Nederlands (Dutch)
bevordering, promotie

Français (French)
n. - (Comm) promotion des ventes, campagne de publicité, avancement/promotion (de l'ancienneté, d'un travail, etc)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Beförderung, Promotion, Veranstaltung, Werbung, Werbekampagne, Förderung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - προαγωγή, προβιβασμός, προώθηση, διαφήμιση, προβολή

Italiano (Italian)
promozione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - promoção (f)

Русский (Russian)
повышение, поощрение, реклама

Español (Spanish)
n. - ascenso, promoción, fomento, fundación, publicidad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - befordran, uppflyttning, främjande, stiftande, marknadsföring

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
晋级, 增进, 筹办

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 晉級, 增進, 籌辦

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 승진, 승격, 진급

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 昇進, 進級, 増進, 奨励, 宣伝商品, 助長, プロモーション, 発起, 創立, 振興

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ترقيه, ترفيع, ترويج المبيعات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קידום (בדרגה), עידוד, ייסוד, ארגון, סיוע, יצירת תדמית, מוצר מתפרסם‬

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