product placement

noun

: the inclusion of a product in a television program or film as a form of paid advertisement

Examples of product placement in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This included a fake product placement for the sauce in an episode of Bosch and one of the actors throwing out the first pitch at a minor league baseball game. — Peter White, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026

Terrible visual effects and product placements aside, what makes the crossover feel like a complete overkill is that the interspersed storylines largely rely upon pure coincidence. — Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2026

There’s been product placement, marketing campaigns, and worth-watching-once brand sponsorships that felt like a long commercial. — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Having the use of real PGA Tour sponsors opens the door for The Hawk to become a running litany of product placement and off-hand product mentions, which was the case in Talladega Nights as well, only to far funnier effect. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for product placement

• abasement
• debasement
• defacement
• displacement
• effacement
• emplacement
• encasement
• misplacement
• outplacement
• replacement
• basement