Definition of Public relations

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public relations
relations of an institution or organization with the general public

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Public relations Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries

MONASH Marketing Dictionary
Public Relations
the relationship which exists between an organisation and its several publics; efforts to influence this relationship by obtaining favourable publicity.

Raynet Business & Marketing Glossary
Public Relations
a deliberate, planned and sustained effort to establish and maintain positive understanding, good image, between a company and its publics. Such publics include customers, shareholders, employees etc. (see stakeholder ).


Public relations Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

WordNet 2.0
public relations

Noun
1. a promotion intended to create goodwill for a person or institution
(synonym) PR
(hypernym) promotion, publicity, promotional material, packaging


Public relations Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

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Public relations
Definition
Publicity according to etymonline.com is defined as - 1791, "condition of being public," from Fr. publicité (1694), from M.L. publicitatem (nom. publicitas), from L. publicus (see public). Sense of "making something known, advertising" is from 1826. Publicity stunt first recorded 1926. Publicize first recorded 1928. Publicist (1792) is from Fr., originally "writer on current topics;" meaning "press agent" is from 1930. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=public+relations&searchmode=none&p=0

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