promotion
Definitions
General English
- noun a move to a better job
- noun advertising of a new product
Accounting
- noun the fact of being moved up to a more important job
Agriculture
- noun the activity of encouraging or enabling something to take place
Banking
- noun all means of conveying the message about a product or service to potential customers, e.g. publicity, a sales campaign, TV commercials or free gifts
- noun the act of upgrading somebody to a higher position
- noun a marketing activity to persuade people to buy goods or use a service
- noun something such as an advertising campaign that is designed to promote a product, cause or organisation
Military
- noun an act of promoting someone
Sports
- noun advance by a sports team or player into a higher division of a league
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