1. sales promotion promotion that supplements or coordinates advertising
  2. obligation the state of being bound to do or pay something
  3. amalgamation the combination of two or more commercial companies
  4. black operation a covert operation not attributable to the organization carrying it out
  5. promotion the act of raising in rank or position
  6. lacrimation shedding tears
  7. information knowledge acquired through study or experience
  8. calque formation an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language
  9. back-formation a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it
  10. locomotion the power or ability to move
  11. application the action of putting something into operation
  12. lachrymation shedding tears
  13. public presentation a dramatic or musical entertainment
  14. approximation a rough calculation of quantity or degree or worth
  15. lucubration laborious cogitation
  16. sublimation a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state
  17. ablactation the cessation of lactation
  18. cooperation the practice of working together on a common enterprise
  19. affirmation the act of asserting or stating something
  20. Feast of Dormition celebration in the Eastern Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Assumption in the Roman Catholic Church and is also celebrated on August 15th