<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>advancement in rank or position.</li><li>furtherance or encouragement.</li><li>the act of promoting.</li><li>the state of being promoted.</li><li>something devised to publicize or advertise a product, cause, institution, etc., as a brochure, free sample, poster, television or radio commercial, or personal appearance.</li><li>Also called queening.</li><li>Chess: the replacement of a pawn that has reached the enemy's first rank by a more powerful piece of the same color, usually a queen.</li></ul>