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Billboard
Billboard
a US weekly magazine about popular music, that lists the best-selling popular songs, albums, and videos


billboard
billboard /ˈbɪlbɔːd $ -bɔːrd/ noun [countable]
a large sign used for advertising
   SYN  hoarding British English
     
THESAURUS
    advertisement: an advertisement for shampoo | They placed an advertisement in the newspaper.
    ad informal an advertisement: She’s been in several TV ads.
    advert British English an advertisement: a job advert | He took out a front-page advert for his shop.
    commercial an advertisement on television or radio: television commercials | He was in some commercials for beer.
    trailer an advertisement in the cinema, on television, or online for a film or programme which will be shown soon: A second trailer for Richard Friedman’s film has just been added to the website.
    promotion a series of advertisements for a company’s products: The company has spent more than $300 million on promotions for the brand.
    poster an advertisement on a wall: They selected a famous artist to do the poster for the upcoming performance.
    billboard (also hoarding British English) a large sign next to a road, with an advertisement on it: billboard advertisements | A huge hoarding shows two contrasting images.
    flyer a piece of paper with an advertisement on it, often given to you in the street: Someone was handing out flyers for a new nightclub.
    banner ad an advertisement across the top of a page on the Internet: Banner ads are becoming more sophisticated.
    junk mail unwanted advertisements that you get in the post: I never read junk mail.
    spam unwanted emails advertising things: I’m trying to delete all the spam.
    classified ad (also want ad American English, small ad British English) a short advertisement that you put in a newspaper if you want to buy or sell something: The bike was advertised for sale in the small ads section.