promote

Definitions

General English

  • verb to give someone a better job
  • verb to make sure that people know about a product or service, by advertising it

Accounting

  • verb to give someone a more important job or to move someone to a higher grade

Information & Library Science

Law

  • verb to introduce a new Bill into parliament

Medical

  • verb to help something to take place
  • verb to raise a person to a more senior job or a higher position

Military

  • verb to raise a serviceman or servicewoman to a higher rank

Travel

  • verb to use methods such as publicity or special offers to persuade people to buy something
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