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promoter

[pruh-moh-ter]

noun

  1. a person or thing that promotes, furthers, or encourages.

  2. a person who initiates or takes part in the organizing of a company, development of a project, etc.

  3. a person who organizes and provides financial backing for a sporting event or entertainment.

  4. Chemistry.,  any substance that in small amounts is capable of increasing the activity of a catalyst.

  5. Also called collectorMetallurgy.,  a water-repellent reagent enhancing the ability of certain ores to float so that they can be extracted by the flotation process.

  6. Genetics.

    1. a site on a DNA molecule at which RNA polymerase binds and initiates transcription.

    2. a gene sequence that activates transcription.

  7. Obsolete.,  an informer.



promoter

/ prəˈməʊtə /

noun

  1. a person or thing that promotes

  2. a person who helps to organize, develop, or finance an undertaking

  3. a person who organizes and finances a sporting event, esp a boxing match

  4. chem a substance added in small amounts to a catalyst to increase its activity

  5. genetics a sequence of nucleotides, associated with a structural gene, that must bind with messenger RNA polymerase before transcription can proceed

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

promoter

  1. The region of an operon that acts as the initial binding site for RNA polymerase.

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Other Word Forms

  • self-promoter noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of promoter1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; promote + -er 1; replacing earlier promotour, from Anglo-French
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Example Sentences

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Boxxer promoter Ben Shalom described Hennessy as "a natural star who brings charisma, excitement and real fighting talent" as she prepares to step up to world level in the next 18 months.

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"They have a transfer market value of £1.4bn, ours is £170m. If you were a boxing promoter, you wouldn't put us together. It wouldn't be allowed."

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With AI beginning to look as if it has reached a deployment plateau — if not a lessening of hype — high-tech promoters and investors are on the hunt for the next big thing.

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Khan headlined shows from Las Vegas to Madison Square Garden, fought under every major promoter and became one of a handful of British boxers to truly cross into the mainstream.

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He recalled a festival in San Bernardino where the promoter told the group that they wouldn’t get paid if they identified themselves as the Headhunters.

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