fly‧er , flier /ˈflaɪə $ -ər/ noun [countable]

1. a small sheet of paper advertising something:
People were giving out flyers advertising the event.

2. informal a pilot:
She was one of the first solo flyers.

3. someone who travels in an aircraft:
Delays are familiar to all regular flyers.

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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.

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booklet a very short book with paper covers that usually contains information on one particular subject:
a free booklet on drug abuse
Have you read the information booklet?
brochure a thin book with paper covers that gives information on something you may want to buy or advertises something:
glossy holiday brochures
The hotel was nothing like it said it would be in the brochure.
The brochure shows you all the different types of washing machine.
leaflet a small book or piece of paper, often only one or two folded pages, that advertises something or gives information on a particular subject:
a leaflet about library services
They were handing out leaflets for the Socialist Party.
pamphlet a very thin book with paper covers, in which someone writes about their opinions about something, or gives information about something:
a political pamphlet
Paine wrote a pamphlet about slavery.
The pamphlet tells you all you need to know about growing cactuses.
prospectus especially British English a thin paper book that advertises and gives information about a school, college, new business etc:
I asked them to send me the college prospectus.
flyer a small sheet of paper advertising something:
People were giving out flyers advertising the fair.
tract a thin short book, especially about a moral or religious subject - a rather formal use:
Two women were handing out religious tracts.

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