promotion
noun
[ prəˈməʊʃn ]
• activity that supports or encourages a cause, venture, or aim.
• "the promotion of cultural and racial diversity"
Similar:
encouragement,
furtherance,
furthering,
advancement,
assistance,
aid,
help,
contribution to,
fostering,
boosting,
stimulation,
development,
advocacy,
recommendation,
urging,
support,
backing,
endorsement,
championship,
sponsoring,
espousal,
boosterism,
• the publicizing of a product, organization, or venture so as to increase sales or public awareness.
• "a sales promotion company"
Similar:
advertising,
publicity,
marketing,
selling,
advertising/publicity campaign,
propaganda,
publicization,
hard sell,
hype,
plugging,
puff,
puffery,
ballyhoo,
• the action of promoting someone or something to a higher position or rank or the fact of being so promoted.
• "majors designated for promotion to lieutenant colonel"
Similar:
preferment,
upgrading,
move up,
elevation,
advancement,
advance,
step up,
step up the ladder,
aggrandizement,
kick upstairs,
• the action of promoting a catalyst.
Origin:
late Middle English (in promotion (sense 3)): via Old French from Latin promotio(n- ), from promovere ‘move forward’ (see promote).
