promotion

Etymology

From Old French promocion, from Latin promotio.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -əʊʃən

Noun

promotion (countable and uncountable, plural promotions)

1. An advancement in rank or position.

   I'll have to give myself a promotion!

2. (marketing) Dissemination of positive information about a product, product line, brand, or company.

   The price cut is serving as a promotion of the manufacturer's new beverage varieties.

3. (zoology, chiefly entomology) Forward motion. (Contrast remotion.)
   • 1995, Cladocera as Model Organisms in Biology →ISBN, page 63:

     By simple promotion and remotion, assisted by some flexure and extension, the distal spines of each would reach and scratch the substratum and, on remotion, sweep coarse particles posteriorly and dorsally.

   • 2008, John L. Capinera, Encyclopedia of Entomology →ISBN, volume 4, page 3326:

     In other arthropods, promotion-remotion of the leg is accomplished at other joints. For example, in spiders promotion-remotion occurs at the coxa-trochanter joint, insects utilize the body-coxa joint, and […]

Alternative forms

• promo (advertising; discount; year group)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōmōtiō, from prōmoveō (whence French promouvoir).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.mɔ.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

promotion f (plural promotions)

1. promotion (career advancement)
2. promotion, advertising

   Ils seront là demain pour faire la promotion de leur dernier album.

3. special offer, discount, special, sale

   Les pantalons sont en promotion, profitez-en !

   Synonym: promo

4. school year, year group

   Je fais partie de la promotion 2010-2011, et toi ?

   Synonym: promo

Further reading

• “promotion” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).