prom.

Noun

promotion (countable and uncountable, plural promotions)

1. An advancement in rank or position.
   • I'll have to give myself a promotion!

   Antonyms:

   demotion

2. Dissemination of information in order to increase its popularity.
   • the promotion of the idea of global warming in schools
3. An event intended to increase the reach or image of a product or brand.
   • The price cut is serving as a promotion of the manufacturer's new beverage varieties.
4. Transformation of a pawn into a piece (by reaching the opponent's back rank).
5. Forward motion. (Contrast remotion.)
   • By simple promotion and remotion, assisted by some flexure and extension, the distal spines of each would reach and scratch the substratum and, on remotion, sweep coarse particles posteriorly and dorsally.1995, Cladocera as Model Organisms in Biology, →ISBN, page 63