Billboard a US weekly magazine about popular music, that lists the best-selling popular songs, albums, and videos
[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
advertisement:
an advertisement for shampoo They placed an advertisement in the newspaper.ad informal an advertisement:
She’s been in several TV ads.advert British English an advertisement:
a job advert He took out a front-page advert for his shop.commercial an advertisement on television or radio:
television commercials He was in some commercials for beer.trailer an advertisement in the cinema, on television, or online for a film or programme which will be shown soon:
A second trailer for Richard Friedman’s film has just been added to the website.promotion a series of advertisements for a company’s products:
The company has spent more than $300 million on promotions for the brand.poster an advertisement on a wall:
They selected a famous artist to do the poster for the upcoming performance.billboard (
also hoarding British English) a large sign next to a road, with an advertisement on it:
billboard advertisements A huge hoarding shows two contrasting images.flyer a piece of paper with an advertisement on it, often given to you in the street:
Someone was handing out flyers for a new nightclub.banner ad an advertisement across the top of a page on the Internet:
Banner ads are becoming more sophisticated.junk mail unwanted advertisements that you get in the post:
I never read junk mail.spam unwanted emails advertising things:
I’m trying to delete all the spam.classified ad (
also want ad American English, small ad British English) a short advertisement that you put in a newspaper if you want to buy or sell something:
The bike was advertised for sale in the small ads section. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲