want ad

Definition of want ad

: a newspaper advertisement stating that something (such as an employee, employment, or a specified item) is wanted

Examples of want ad in a Sentence

She checked the want ads to find a new job.

Recent Examples on the Web That’s going to take more than a couple help wanted ads. — Lauren Zumbach, chicagotribune.com, "Help wanted: Airlines say they’ll need to hire thousands of pilots over the next decade," 18 Oct. 2019 Some companies, like HydroChemPSC (No. 20, formed in 1968) and HISCO (No. 31, formed in 1970), would often appear in the newspaper through want ads. — J.r. Gonzales, Houston Chronicle, "Houston's largest private companies have deep roots in city," 19 June 2019

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17 Nov 2019

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The first known use of want ad was in 1895

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