promoter
Americannoun
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a person or thing that promotes, furthers, or encourages.
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a person who initiates or takes part in the organizing of a company, development of a project, etc.
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a person who organizes and provides financial backing for a sporting event or entertainment.
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Chemistry. any substance that in small amounts is capable of increasing the activity of a catalyst.
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Also called collector. Metallurgy. a water-repellent reagent enhancing the ability of certain ores to float so that they can be extracted by the flotation process.
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Genetics.
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a site on a DNA molecule at which RNA polymerase binds and initiates transcription.
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a gene sequence that activates transcription.
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Obsolete. an informer.
noun
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a person or thing that promotes
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a person who helps to organize, develop, or finance an undertaking
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a person who organizes and finances a sporting event, esp a boxing match
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chem a substance added in small amounts to a catalyst to increase its activity
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genetics a sequence of nucleotides, associated with a structural gene, that must bind with messenger RNA polymerase before transcription can proceed
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Etymology
Origin of promoter
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; promote + -er 1; replacing earlier promotour, from Anglo-French
Explanation
If you’ve been trying to get anyone and everyone to go see your friend’s band perform, then you could call yourself a promoter of that band. A promoter is a supporter, advocate, or booster for a person, group, or event. A promoter is an active supporter of something. A promoter of democracy, for example, is someone who tries to spread democracy throughout the world. Being a promoter is also a profession; one might be hired to make arrangements and generate publicity for some form of public entertainment, like a boxing match or a concert. Perhaps if you tell enough people about your friend's band, the band will hire you as its official promoter.
Vocabulary lists containing promoter
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The promoter behind some of the biggest comic and entertainment conventions in the UK has banned Meta glasses from its events to stop "secret filming" of guests and attendees.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The Cadiz project was the brainchild of British-born Keith Brackpool, who had a checkered record as an investment promoter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
They occurred in the newly annotated promoter region of TPP1 and boosted production of the protein.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 1, 2026
The Matchroom promoter - who represents Joshua - said if his team did not agree to any potential new terms, the fight would still "100%" go ahead in the UK this year.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
But above all, Brougham was a masterful promoter.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
The people who stand to benefit most from less timely reporting include pump-and-dump artists and quick-buck penny-stock promoters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
The government hopes to replicate that elsewhere, with a music plan that aims to provide mentoring for artists and promoters, as well as cutting red tape for music festivals and small venues.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The department said it had already identified organizers and promoters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
Live Nation has denied that it is an illegal monopoly and said claims about its power in the market are overblown, saying that artists set the prices, not venues or promoters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
In this sense, the written word, along with its avid promoters, the Sophists, represented a frightening challenge to the old order.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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