noun
also advertizing
( -s )
Usage: often attributive
1. : the action of calling something (as a commodity for sale, a service offered or desired) to the attention of the public especially by means of printed or broadcast paid announcements
2. : advertisements
a magazine containing a great deal of advertising
the advertising pages of the Sunday paper
3. : the business or profession of designing and preparing advertisements for publication or broadcast
an advertising firm
a career in advertising
began to work for the advertising department of a small insurance firm — Current Biography