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   pro·spec·tus

   /prəˈspektəs/

   noun

   • 1. a printed document that advertises or describes a school, commercial enterprise, forthcoming book, etc., in order to attract or inform clients, members, buyers, or investors.

   Word Origin mid 18th century: from Latin, literally ‘view, prospect’, from the verb prospicere, from pro- ‘forward’ + specere ‘to look’.

   Scrabble Points: 16

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