1.
a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution
2.
act of raising in rank or position
3.
encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something
4.
the advancement of some enterprise
The following are synonyms for 'promotion'. Click on any of them to get both Bibliodata's full list of common definitions and a further set of synonyms.
The story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was written in 1939 for a store promotion by an advertising employee of the department store Montgomery Ward.