promotion

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  1. noun The act of promoting or the fact of being promoted; advancement.
  2. noun Encouragement of the progress, growth, or acceptance of something; furtherance.
  3. noun Advertising; publicity.

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  1. from Middle English promocyon, from Old French (and F.) promotion = Provencal promotio = Spanish promocion = Portuguese promoção = Italian promozione, from Late Latin promotio(n-), advancement, from Latin promovere, past participle promotus, move forward, promote: see promove, promote.
 

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