marketing
Definitions
General English
- noun the methods used by a company to encourage people buy a product.
Accounting
- noun the business of presenting and promoting goods or services in such a way as to make customers want to buy them
Commerce
- noun the techniques used in selling a product, such as packaging and advertising
Economics
- noun the process of identifying needs and satisfying these needs with suitable goods or services, through product design, distribution and promotion, either as a business or as a non-profit-making organisation
- noun the process of transferring goods from buyer to seller, including advertising, distribution and product placement
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