infomercialin‧fo‧mer‧cial /ˈɪnfəʊmɜːʃəl $ -foʊmɜːr-/ noun [countable] 
Word Origin
Word OriginWORD ORIGINinfomercial
ExamplesOrigin:
1900-2000 information + commercialEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Cable channels began broadcasting the 30-minute infomercial in April.
- But the public turns off when all they see is an infomercial.
- Her work recently included the trial of convicted infomercial stars William and Chantal McCorkle trial.
- His little movie is like a classy infomercial for Shakespeare.
- I find this hard to believe, because the infomercials are so unabashedly enthusiastic about the process of selling.
- Most of us are, at least in a hall that big, and on a nationally broadcast infomercial.
- She, too, dispenses wisdom via infomercial.
- So marketers are turning to half-hour infomercials carried through the countryside in video vans.
- What they get from infomercials is simplification in administration, collection and sales.
Longman Language Activatoran advertisement► advertisement
a long television advertisement that provides a lot of information and seems like a normal programme something such as a large public notice, a short film on television, or a picture with words in a newspaper, that is designed to persuade people to buy something: · Most car advertisements are aimed at men.advertisement for: · At this time of year, the papers are full of advertisements for skiing holidays.
► commercial an advertisement on television or radio: · Have you seen the new Levi jeans commercial?commercial for: · a commercial for low-alcohol lagercommercial break (=when there are commercials in the middle of a programme): · We'll be right back with you after a commercial break.
► ad informal also advert British informal an advertisement: · She had started her acting career by doing shampoo ads on TV.ad for: · I saw an advert for some cheap furniture in our local paper. put an ad in a newspaper/magazine: · We put an ad in 'The Times' and got a terrific response.
► campaign/advertising campaign a planned series of advertisements for a new product or service: · The company got into a lot of trouble over its last advertising campaign.launch a campaign/an advertising campaign (=start a campaign): · Nissan is about to launch a nationwide campaign for its new range of cars.
► slogan a short clever phrase used in an advertisement: · a dry-cleaning company that used the slogan 'We know the meaning of cleaning'
► hoarding British /billboard American a large flat board in a public place, where large printed advertisements are shown: · Beside the freeway was a huge billboard showing an ad for Ben & Jerry's ice cream.
► junk mail/direct mail advertisements you receive in the mail from different companies, often with special deals or sales in them. Direct mail is the word used by the companies who send out these advertisements: · Statistics show that 44% of junk mail is thrown away and never read.
► infomercial a television or radio advertisement made to look and sound like a real programme, often a financial news report or an advice show: · Cable channels began broadcasting the 30-minute infomercial in April.
► banner ad an advertisement that appears at the top of a web page (=a page on the Internet), that you click on to find out more about the company, product, or service: · A banner ad for NewsPage, a personalized Internet news service, appeared on part of the screen.
WORD SETS► Television & Radioaction replay, nounAM, nounanchor, nounanchor, verbanchorperson, nounannounce, verbannouncer, nounantenna, nounAutocue, nounbleep, verbbreakfast television, nounbroadcaster, nounbroadcasting, nouncable, nouncable television, call-in, nouncathode ray tube, nounchannel surfing, nounchat show, nounclosedown, nounCNN, continuity, noundisc jockey, nounepisode, nounfast-forward, verbfly-on-the-wall, adjectiveFM, noungame show, nounghetto blaster, nounheadphones, nounhost, nouninfomercial, nouninfotainment, nouninstant replay, nouninterference, nounITV, lead-in, nounlocal radio, nounloop, nounminiseries, nounmonitor, nounnarrator, nounnetwork, nounnetwork, verbnews, nounnews agency, nounnews bulletin, nounnewscast, nounnewsflash, nounnewsreader, nounomnibus, nounon, prepositionout-take, nounphone-in, nounpilot, nounplay-by-play, nounpresent, verbprime time, nounprogramme, nounprogramming, nounpublic access channel, nounpublic television, nounquestion master, nounquiz, nounradio, nounremote, nounrepeat, verbrepeat, nounrequest, nounscreen, nounscreen, verbscreening, nounscreenplay, nounscreenwriter, nounscriptwriter, nounseason, nounsimulcast, verbsitcom, nounsituation comedy, nounsoap, nounsoap opera, nounsound, nounspeaker, nounspin-off, nounsplit screen, nounsportscast, nounspot, nounstation break, nounstudio, nounstudio audience, nounswingometer, nountalking head, nountalk show, nountest card, nountrailer, nountransmission, nountube, nounTV, nounvideo, nounvideo camera, nounvideo nasty, nounvoice-over, nounwardrobe, nounweatherman, nounwireless, nounzapper, noun