Advertisement /(ăd*vẽr"tĭz*ment [or] ăd`vẽr*tīz"ment; 277)/

Ad·ver·tise·ment

Advertisement

n.
  1. The act of informing or notifying; notification. [Archaic]
    An advertisement of danger.
  2. Admonition; advice; warning. [Obs.]
    Therefore give me no counsel: My griefs cry louder than advertisement.
  3. A public notice, especially a paid notice in some public print; anything that advertises; as, a newspaper containing many advertisements.