Ads
American Dialect Society.
autograph document, signed.
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advertising:
an ad agency.
(def 5).
ad in, the advantage being scored by the server.
ad out, the advantage being scored by the receiver.
Contemporary Examples
Interestingly, Restore Our Future went from Aug. 23 to Sept. 21 without spending any money on ADS, according to OpenSecrets.org.
Are Karl Rove and Crossroads Propping Up the Romney Campaign John Avlon October 2, 2012
The run to Election Day is getting uglier by the day—just look at the ADS on television so far.
10 Outrageous Attack Ads: Bain, Burning Money, & More (Videos) The Daily Beast Video August 9, 2012
Not surprisingly, the ADS were shamelessly parodied, by everyone from E!
Save the Boobs! Danielle Friedman December 27, 2009
Roberta has appeared in ADS, given interviews, and spoken at events for the McCain campaign.
McCain’s Auntie Says “He’s Losing” Benjamin Sarlin October 14, 2008
By the next month, though, Emanuel responded to the ADS with an obscenity.
Democrats Go to War Art Levine September 30, 2009
Historical Examples
You go on airily: ‘I’m pretty sure I can bring twenty thousand pounds’ worth of ADS.
Books and Persons Arnold Bennett
Inconsistent punctuation in the ADS section has been retained as printed.
Bancroft’s Tourist’s Guide Yosemite A.L. Bancroft
And in what the ADS called a “responsible position” that she had never so much as dreamed he could fill.
Divinity William Morrison
Pages four and five, filled with local news and ADS, were on the press.
Helen in the Editor’s Chair Ruthe S. Wheeler
Indeed, the people who hand out the Clio awards for advertising were so taken in as to award Mobil a first prize for these ADS.
The Civilization of Illiteracy Mihai Nadin
noun
short for advertisement
noun (tennis, US & Canadian)
short for advantage Brit equivalent van
abbreviation
Andorra
abbreviation
(indicating years numbered from the supposed year of the birth of Christ) anno Domini: 70 ad Compare BC
(military) active duty
(military) air defence
Dame of the Order of Australia
n.
1841, shortened form of advertisement. Long resisted by those in the trade, and denounced 1918 by the president of a national advertising association as “the language of bootblacks, … beneath the dignity of men of the advertising profession.”
AD abbr.
Latin auris dextra (right ear)
An expert system.
alternative delivery systems
American Dialect Society
advertisement
active duty
air-dried
Alzheimer’s disease
athletic director
average deviation
autograph document, signed
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