leaflet

 
Pronunciation: /ˈliːflɪt/

noun

  • 1a printed sheet of paper containing information or advertising and usually distributed free: pick up a leaflet from your local branch election leaflets
  • 2 Botany each of the leaflike structures that together make up a compound leaf, such as in the ash and horse chestnut.
  • (in general use) a young leaf.

verb (leaflets, leafleting, leafleted)

[with object]
  • distribute leaflets to (people or an area): tourists visiting the area are being leafleted [no object]: they were leafleting in Victoria Square