- a notice, picture or film telling people about a product, job or service
- The TV ads were first run last year.
- They've produced an ad for a new chocolate bar.
- We put an ad on a classifieds website.
- A $10 million TV ad campaign
- an ad agency
Extra ExamplesTopics TV, radio and newsb1, Businessb1- A lot of claims are made in the ad.
- She took out a full-page ad in a women's magazine.
- TV ads for cars
- The ad appeared on all major channels.
- You can put your own small ads in local papers.
- He was scanning the classified ads.
- You may have seen the full-page ads that we ran in the New York Times.
Word Originmid 19th cent.: abbreviation.
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