Ad*ver"tise*ment (ăd*v&etilde;r"t&ibreve;z*ment or ăd`v&etilde;r*tīz"ment; 277), n. [F. avertisement, formerly also spelled advertissement, a warning, giving notice, fr. avertir.] 1. The act of informing or notifying; notification. [Archaic]

An advertisement of danger.
Bp. Burnet.

2. Admonition; advice; warning. [Obs.]

Therefore give me no counsel:
My griefs cry louder than advertisement.
Shak.

3. A public notice, especially a paid notice in some public print; anything that advertises; as, a newspaper containing many advertisements.

• A certain publication produced in order to sell some commodity, service or similar.