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personal ad

noun [C]
 
 

Definition

an advertisement that you put in a newspaper or magazine, often in order to find a sexual partner: He placed/put a personal ad in The Times.Advertising, marketing and merchandisingRetailingFinding a partner
(Definition of personal ad noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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