pro ‧ spec ‧ tus /prəˈspektəs/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1700-1800 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: ⇨ ↑ prospect 1 ]
1 . especially British English a small book that advertises a school, college, new business etc
2 . a document produced by a company that wants the public to buy its shares
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▪ booklet a very short book with paper covers that usually contains information on one particular subject:
a free booklet on drug abuse
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Have you read the information booklet?
▪ brochure a thin book with paper covers that gives information on something you may want to buy or advertises something:
glossy holiday brochures
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The hotel was nothing like it said it would be in the brochure.
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The brochure shows you all the different types of washing machine.
▪ leaflet a small book or piece of paper, often only one or two folded pages, that advertises something or gives information on a particular subject:
a leaflet about library services
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They were handing out leaflets for the Socialist Party.
▪ pamphlet a very thin book with paper covers, in which someone writes about their opinions about something, or gives information about something:
a political pamphlet
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Paine wrote a pamphlet about slavery.
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The pamphlet tells you all you need to know about growing cactuses.
▪ prospectus especially British English a thin paper book that advertises and gives information about a school, college, new business etc:
I asked them to send me the college prospectus.
▪ flyer a small sheet of paper advertising something:
People were giving out flyers advertising the fair.
▪ tract a thin short book, especially about a moral or religious subject - a rather formal use:
Two women were handing out religious tracts.