promotion: Meaning and Definition of

pro•mo•tion

1. advancement in rank or position.
2. furtherance or encouragement.
3. the act of promoting.
4. the state of being promoted.
5. something devised to publicize or advertise a product, cause, institution, etc., as a brochure, free sample, poster, television or radio commercial, or personal appearance.
6. Also calledthe replacement of a pawn that has reached the enemy's first rank by a more powerful piece of the same color, usually a queen.