Pronunciation: /ˈliːflɪt/
noun
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1a printed sheet of paper containing information or advertising and usually distributed free: pick up a leaflet from your local branch election leaflets
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2 Botany each of the leaflike structures that together make up a compound leaf, such as in the ash and horse chestnut.
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(in general use) a young leaf.
verb (leaflets, leafleting, leafleted)
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distribute leaflets to (people or an area): tourists visiting the area are being leafleted [no object]: they were leafleting in Victoria Square