Noun

(wikipedia advertising)

Communication whose purpose is to influence potential customers about products and services.

* Sir Walter Besant

Advertisings do not by themselves cause a book to 'go'. The circulating libraries are far more useful than any advertising columns.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)

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