teaser

noun teas·er \ ˈtē-zər \

|Updated on: 5 Aug 2018

Examples: teaser in a Sentence

Definition of teaser

1 : one that teases

2 : an advertising or promotional device intended to arouse interest or curiosity especially in something to follow

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Examples of teaser in a Sentence

A teaser for the sequel appeared at the end of the movie.
credit cards offering teaser rates to get people to sign up

Recent Examples of teaser from the Web

Some fans saw Mandy’s future coming, since her character didn’t appear much in a teaser trailer for the new season, and neither did Eve.

— megan friedman, Country Living, "‘Last Man Standing’ Is Recasting Two Major Characters Before Season 7," 3 July 2018
So far, Tesla’s teaser for the Model Y have been vague to the extreme.

— matthew jancer, Popular Mechanics, "Everything We Know About the Tesla Model Y," 11 July 2018
Chris Last week: 3 Chris was almost entirely absent from Week 4’s show, but the teaser for next week didn’t look promising for Chandler’s ex-roommate.

— nick schwartz, For The Win, "Bachelorette Power Rankings: Becca endures a brutally awkward elimination in Week 4," 19 June 2018
Still, the teaser appears to show someone gearing up for a red-letter day.

— kyle orland and lee hutchinson, Ars Technica, "What is Fallout 76? Bethesda’s pre-E3 teaser has few answers," 30 May 2018
The main purpose of the spot was to promote the release of the full teaser the next day on corporate sibling show Good Morning America.

— chris thilk, The Hollywood Reporter, "How Disney's 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' Marketing Battled Franchise Saturation," 23 May 2018
The teaser certainly builds up the importance of Captain Marvel, the first female superhero to get her own movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

— eliana dockterman, Time, "How the Avengers: Infinity War Post-Credit Scene Sets Up the Next Big Marvel Movie," 27 Apr. 2018
In fact, this trailer only gives marginally more information than the teaser preceding it.

— tom philip, GQ, "Tom Hardy Goes Full Monster in the Venom Trailer," 24 Apr. 2018
The teasers even got multiple comparisons to the work of film auteur Terrence Malick.

— angela watercutter, WIRED, "Solo: A Star Wars Story and the False Hope of Really Great Trailers," 9 Apr. 2018

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First Known Use of teaser

14th century

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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teaser Synonyms

Synonyms

baiter, harasser, heckler, mocker, needler, persecutor, quiz, ridiculer, taunter, tease, tormentor (also tormenter), torturer;

Near Antonyms

defender, deliverer, guard, protector, rescuer, savior (or saviour);

comforter, solace, soother;

bodyguard, champion;

smart aleck (also smart alec), smarty (or smartie), smarty-pants, wiseacre, wiseguy;

kidder, lampooner, satirist;

bother, disturber, pest;

Financial Definition of TEASER

teaser

noun

What It Is

A teaser is a document that advertises the potential future sale of a security.

How It Works

The teaser's job is to create demand for a security. Because it is not a prospectus, it does not usually have all the details about the offering; rather, it highlights the most positive aspects of the offering and entices readers to subscribe to the offering later.

To get an idea of the role of the teaser, let’s assume Company XYZ is pursuing an IPO. Before launching the IPO, Company XYZ must see if big institutional investors (or anybody else) want to buy the stock. They create a teaser document, which the investment bank provides to interested parties. Unlike a prospectus, which contains exhaustive detail about the offering, the prospectus is more of an advertising and promotional vehicle.

When the final prospectus is released, the investment bank can take orders from those clients who indicated an interest back when they saw the teaser.

Why It Matters

The role of the teaser is to make investors aware of the investment rather than the risks of the investment. At that stage, investors would essentially consider the investment "sight unseen." Only after the company issues a prospectus is it protected from claims that it did not fully disclose enough information about itself or the securities in question.

Source: Investing Answers

TEASER Defined for English Language Learners

teaser

noun

Definition of teaser for English Language Learners

: a person who teases other people
: something that is done, offered, or shown to make people want something or want to see something that will be offered or shown at a later time
: a difficult problem or puzzle