Wiktionary
classified ad
n. short form of classified advertisement
WordNet
classified ad
n. a short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type [syn: classified advertisement]
Usage examples of "classified ad".
I didn't have to call Kelly Girls or run a classified ad under Help Wanted.
Well, I admit that Portland, Oregon, buried under ashes does rate more space than a classified ad.
He made contact with the University through a classified ad in _Popular Mechanics_, he told me.
Through a classified ad in the Sunday paper, he bought himself a secondhand rowboat with an outboard motor and moored it in the rushes across the road from us.