- makegood
- makegood make‧good [ˈmeɪkgʊd] noun [countable usually plural]MARKETING an occasion when a television company has to broadcast an advertisement without payment, because it has not been seen by the number of people originally promised:
• If CBS failed to deliver the guaranteed numbers, it would be forced to provide so-called makegoods, giving free spots to sponsors on later programs.
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makegood UK US /ˈmeɪkˌɡʊd/ noun [C]► MARKETING an occasion when no payment has to be made for an advertisement by a television or radio station, newspaper, etc. because a smaller number of people than expected saw it, or because of a mistake that was made: »A makegood will be issued for the amount of time that the ad was down from the site.
Financial and business terms. 2012.