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Definition: Promotional |
PromotionalAdjective1. Of or relating to serving as publicity; "promotional fares". 2. Of or relating to advancement; "promotional exams". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | A variety of promotional services will be available to all exhibitors. (references) | |
Saudi companies appreciate receiving promotional literature from overseas. (references) | ||
Only ENIT (the Italian Tourism Board) now coordinates the Italy's promotional efforts. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Belarus | In a step designed to discourage foreign support for independent media, on March 15 the regime published a decree "On improving the system of receipt and use of humanitarian assistance." Ostensibly aimed at stopping foreign-supported seditious activity, the decree specifically forbids foreign-supported "activities directed at alteration of the constitutional order, overthrow of state power or encouragement of such activities...preparation, administration and organization of elections, referenda, organization of meetings, rallies, demonstrations, pickets, strikes, publication and distribution of promotional materials, organization of seminars and other types of promotional activities involving the population." The decree was the basis for a nationwide crackdown during the electoral campaign on independent media outlets and independent NGO's, many, if not most, of which are supported by the international community. (references) |
Economic History | Indonesia | Upon receiving company promotional material, Commercial Specialists investigate the local market, select potential business contacts, communicate with them, and build an appointment schedule with firms that appear to best meet the interested business needs. (references) |
Hungary | Participation in medical conferences/event is an important promotional tool. (references) | |
Human Rights | Belarus | On March 15, the regime published a decree "on improving the system of receipt and use of humanitarian assistance." This decree specifically forbids "activities directed at altering the constitutional order, overthrowing state power or encouraging such activities . . . preparing, administering, and organizing elections, referenda, organizing meetings, rallies, demonstrations, pickets, strikes, publishing and distributing promotional materials, organizing seminars and other types of promotional activities involving the population." The decree was interpreted by the tax authorities as the basis for a government-wide crackdown on independent NGO's, many of which receive funding from foreign sources. (references) |
Political Economy | THE BAHAMAS | Since its inception, BFS has conducted promotional trips to the U.S. and Europe. (references) |
THE BAHAMAS | The majority of videos available for rent are the result of unauthorized copying videotapes from promotional tapes provided by movie distributors, U.S. hotel "pay-for-view" movies and shows, or satellite transmissions. (references) | |
Political Rights | Madagascar | In anticipation of the presidential elections, the Government passed numerous contested decrees regarding campaign activities and promotional materials. (references) |
Trade | Argentina | MIGA's purpose is to promote the flow of foreign direct investment among member countries by insuring investments against non-commercial (political) risk and by providing promotional and advisory services to help member countries create an attractive investment climate. (references) |
Costa Rica | In some cases, U.S. and domestic companies doing business in Costa Rica use the International Standards Organization (ISO) designation in their promotional campaigns. (references) | |
Travel | Botswana | Video Format: Promotional videotapes should be in the PAL-I format. (references) |
Saudi Arabia | When staging promotional events or product demonstrations, one must anticipate these prayer breaks. (references) | |
Qatar | U.S. business representatives will find it very useful to bring promotional material and brochures in English and/or Arabic when traveling to Qatar. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Promotional" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.64% of the time. "Promotional" is used about 515 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 98.64% | 508 | 11,908 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.36% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 515 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "promotional": promotional chart ♦ promotional expense ♦ promotional fare ♦ promotional material ♦ sales promotional device. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "promotional": promotional-based. | |
Ending with "promotional": non-promotional, self-promotional. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "promotional"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 增进. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | salgsomkostninger (promotional costs), salgsfremstødsbudget (promotional budget), salgsfremstød (promotional contest), salgsfremmende egenskaber (sales-promoting properties, sales-promotional properties), reklamerabat (promotional discount), reklamepakning (advertising package, promotional package), reklamemateriale (promotional material), Reklamefond (Promotional Fund), emballage med salgs-appeal (package with sales appeal, promotional package). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | publiciteitsmateriaal (promotional material), promotionele activiteiten (promotional activities), promotieverpakking (advertising package, promotional package), promotietarief (discount fare, promotional fare), promotiemateriaal (promotional material), promotiebegroting (promotional budget), prijselastaciteit onder invloed van reclamecampagne (promotional elasticity), premie voor verkoopbevordering (promotional payment), premie voor afzetbevordering (promotional payment), verkoopbevorderende eigenschappen (sales-promoting properties, sales-promotional properties), stimuleringsvervoertarief (Promotional freight rate), reklamekorting (promotional discount), gesteunde wedstrijd (promotional contest), Fonds voor verkoopbevordering (Promotional Fund). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | myyntiä edistävät ominaisuudet (sales-promoting properties, sales-promotional properties), myyntiä edistävä pakkaus (package with sales appeal, promotional package), mainospakkaus (advertising package, promotional package), houkutteleva pakkaus (package with sales appeal, promotional package). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | propriétés incitant l'achat (sales-promoting properties, sales-promotional properties), plan de promotion (promotional chart), plan de carrière (promotional chart), matériel d'aide la vente (promotional material), évènement promotionnel (promotional event), article promotionnel (promotional material), bande annonce (promo, promo clip, promotional announcement), budget de promotion (promotional budget), budget promotionnel (promotional budget), concours promotionnel (promotional contest), emballage incitant l'achat (promotional package), emballage publicitaire (promotional package), élasticité promotionnelle (promotional elasticity), frais de promotion des ventes (promotional costs), versement promotionnel (promotional payment), matériel promotionnel (promotional material), moyen de promotion (sales promotional device), remise de promotion (promotional discount), tarif promotionnel (promotional fare), Taux de fret promotionnel (Promotional freight rate), vente de lancement (promotional sale), Fonds de promotion (Promotional Fund). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Reklame fördernd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κόστος προώθησης (promotional costs), συσκευασία προσφορών (promotional pack), ιδιότητες που προαγάγουν τις πωλήσεις (sales-promoting properties, sales-promotional properties), ελκυστική συσκευασία (package with sales appeal, promotional package), τεχνική προώθησης (promotional technique), ταμείο προώθησης (Promotional Fund), διαφημιστικό υλικό (promotional material), διαφημιστική συσκευασία (advertising package, promotional package). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | elősegítő (conducive, subservient), előmozdító (conducive, fosterer), előléptetési, előlépési. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | propriet di promozione di vendita (sales-promoting properties, sales-promotional properties), preannuncio (intimation, previous announcement), tariffa promozionale (discount fare, promotional fare), spesa per azioni promozionali (promotional budget), sconto promozionale (promotional discount), materiale promozionale (promotional material), manifestazione promozionale (promotional event), invito all'ascolto di programmi (promo, promo clip, promotional announcement, trailer), imballaggio pubblicitario (advertising package, promotional package), imballaggio promozionale di vendit (package with sales appeal, promotional package), imballaggio di propaganda (advertising package, promotional package), fornitura promozionale (promotional payment), Fondo di promozione (Promotional Fund), elasticit promozionale (promotional elasticity), concorso promozionale (promotional contest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 謳い文句 (catchphrase, promotional line), 興行権 (promotional or production rights), グアノシン三燐酸 (good, good design mark, good idea, good looks, Good luck, good timing, good will, good-looking, goods, Goodyear, GTP, Guam, guanosine triphosphate, guava, Gucci, guppy, promotional items). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | うたいも"く (catchphrase, promotional line), "うぎょうけ" (promotional or production rights), グッズ (goods, promotional items). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 용. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | omotionalpray promocional. (various references) стимулирующий (invigorative, stimulant, stimulative), содействующий (contributor, contributory, subservient), способствующий (conducive, contributory), рекламный (public). (various references) promocioni, reklamni (advertising), koji unapređuje. (various references) propiedades que incitan a la venta (sales-promoting properties, sales-promotional properties), propiedades promotoras de la venta (sales-promoting properties, sales-promotional properties), presupuesto de promoción (promotional budget), rebaja de promoción (promotional discount), material de promoción (promotional material), Fondo de promoción (Promotional Fund), envase publicitario (advertising package, promotional package), envase promotor de ventas (package with sales appeal, promotional package), embalaje anunciador (advertising package, promotional package), elasticidad producida por las promociones (promotional elasticity), costos de promoción (promotional costs), cantidad de carácter promocional (promotional payment). (various references) reklamförpackning (advertising package, promotional package), försäljningsfrämjande förpackning (package with sales appeal, promotional package), försäljningsfrämjande egenskaper (sales-promoting properties, sales-promotional properties). (various references) yükselme (advance, advancement, ascension, ascent, climb, distinction, escalation, flux, gain, hike, increase, pickup, preferment, progress, promotion, raise, rise, rising, scaling, step up, swell, swelling, upheaval, uprising, upsurge, upthrust), terfi (advancement, commission, preferment, promotion, rise, step), reklâm (ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, ballyhoo, build up, canvassing, commercial, plug, promo, promotion, publicity, spot), kuruluş (being set-up, body, concern, enterprise, establishment, foundation, institute, institution, organ, set up, shop), kurma ile ilgili. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Promotional" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: promotionals, propotional. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "promotional" (pronounced prumō"shunul or permō"shunul) |
| 7 | -m ō" sh u n u l | emotional, unemotional. |
| 6 | -ō" sh u n u l | devotional. |
| 5 | -sh u n u l | aberrational, additional, binational, coeducational, compositional, computational, concessional, conditional, confessional, conformational, confrontational, congregational, congressional, connotational, constitutional, conventional, conversational, correctional, denominational, depositional, dimensional, directional, dysfunctional, educational, exceptional, factional, fictional, fluxional, foundational, fractional, functional, generational, gravitational, improvisational, informational, inspirational, institutional, instructional, intentional, intergenerational, international, investigational, Invitational, irrational, jurisdictional, motivational, multinational, national, navigational, nonprofessional, nontraditional, nutritional, obsessional, occupational, operational, optional, organizational, processional, professional, proportional, rational, recreational, relational, representational, rotational, sectional, sensational, situational, supranational, traditional, transformational, transitional, transnational, unconditional, unconstitutional, unconventional, unintentional, unprofessional, untraditional, vocational. |
| 4 | -u n u l | abdominal, aboriginal, Arsenal, attitudinal, biphenyl, cantonal, Cardinal, collisional, criminal, delusional, diagonal, divisional, doctrinal, duodenal, erosional, gastrointestinal, hexagonal, impersonal, interpersonal, intestinal, juvenile, latitudinal, longitudinal, luminal, marginal, medicinal, nominal, noncriminal, occasional, octagonal, original, personal, phenomenal, polygonal, provisional, regional, retinal, seasonal, seminal, sentinel, subliminal, superregional, terminal, virginal. |
| 3 | -n u l | adrenal, anal, annal, annul, atonal, autumnal, carnal, channel, Colonel, communal, cornel, Darnel, departmental, diurnal, empanel, eternal, external, faunal, fennel, final, flannel, fraternal, funnel, hormonal, Hymnal, impanel, infernal, internal, journal, kennel, kernel, maternal, monoclonal, monsoonal, morainal, nocturnal, panel, paternal, penal, polyvinyl, renal, semifinal, shrapnel, signal, spinal, tonal, tribunal, tunnel, vaginal, venal, vernal, Vinal, vinyl. |
| 7 | -m ō" sh u n u l | emotional, unemotional. |
| 6 | -ō" sh u n u l | devotional. |
| 5 | -sh u n u l | aberrational, additional, binational, coeducational, compositional, computational, concessional, conditional, confessional, conformational, confrontational, congregational, congressional, connotational, constitutional, conventional, conversational, correctional, denominational, depositional, dimensional, directional, dysfunctional, educational, exceptional, factional, fictional, fluxional, foundational, fractional, functional, generational, gravitational, improvisational, informational, inspirational, institutional, instructional, intentional, intergenerational, international, investigational, Invitational, irrational, jurisdictional, motivational, multinational, national, navigational, nonprofessional, nontraditional, nutritional, obsessional, occupational, operational, optional, organizational, processional, professional, proportional, rational, recreational, relational, representational, rotational, sectional, sensational, situational, supranational, traditional, transformational, transitional, transnational, unconditional, unconstitutional, unconventional, unintentional, unprofessional, untraditional, vocational. |
| 4 | -u n u l | abdominal, aboriginal, Arsenal, attitudinal, biphenyl, cantonal, Cardinal, collisional, criminal, delusional, diagonal, divisional, doctrinal, duodenal, erosional, gastrointestinal, hexagonal, impersonal, interpersonal, intestinal, juvenile, latitudinal, longitudinal, luminal, marginal, medicinal, nominal, noncriminal, occasional, octagonal, original, personal, phenomenal, polygonal, provisional, regional, retinal, seasonal, seminal, sentinel, subliminal, superregional, terminal, virginal. |
| 3 | -n u l | adrenal, anal, annal, annul, atonal, autumnal, carnal, channel, Colonel, communal, cornel, Darnel, departmental, diurnal, empanel, eternal, external, faunal, fennel, final, flannel, fraternal, funnel, hormonal, Hymnal, impanel, infernal, internal, journal, kennel, kernel, maternal, monoclonal, monsoonal, morainal, nocturnal, panel, paternal, penal, polyvinyl, renal, semifinal, shrapnel, signal, spinal, tonal, tribunal, tunnel, vaginal, venal, vernal, Vinal, vinyl. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-l-m-n-o-o-o-p-r-t" | |
-2 letters: promotion. | |
-3 letters: monorail, moonport, motional, optional, palomino, pliotron, poltroon, prolamin, protamin, troopial. | |
-4 letters: amorino, amotion, atropin, implant, lampion, lampoon, maintop, marplot, monitor, moonlit, optimal, oration, ortolan, patroon, platoon, polaron, portion, pronota, ptomain, rampion, tampion, taproom, timpano, tompion. | |
-5 letters: armpit, aroint, impart, import, latino, lipoma, lotion, maloti, manito, marlin, maroon, martin, matron, mitral, morion, mortal. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-l-m-n-o-o-o-p-r-t" | |
+4 letters: nonmetropolitan, photojournalism. | |
+5 letters: copolymerization, nonmetropolitans, photojournalisms. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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