promoter

[pruh-moh-ter]

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noun

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

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

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

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

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.

Genetics.

a site on a DNA molecule at which RNA polymerase binds and initiates transcription.
a gene sequence that activates transcription.

Obsolete. an informer.

Nearby words

Origin of promoter

1400–50; late Middle English; see promote, -er¹; replacing earlier promotour < Anglo-French

Related formsself-pro·mot·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for promoter

In 2014, Facebook has become an avatar, promoter, and beneficiary of the social media-related bubble.
Silicon Valley Thinks You’re a Fool|Daniel Gross|April 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Better yet, added StubHub spokesman Glenn Lehrman in an interview with The Daily Beast, blame the venue, the promoter, the artist.
12-12-12 Concert Ticket Scalpers: The Hurricane Sandy Benefit Spoilers|Winston Ross|December 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Did I mention that Mr. Kristol was once a promoter of Alan Keyes?
The New GOP Warmongers|Matt Latimer|March 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The couple moved to Orlando, where Christy got noticed by the most well-known name in the business: promoter Don King.
Bisexual Boxer Christy Martin's Attempted Murder|Winston Ross|December 16, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Promoter Allocco says the singer told him he had 100 ready-to-go unreleased songs.
Don't Be Fooled—This Isn't It|Diane Dimond|October 31, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Mr. Schwab, at the time he became a promoter of Nevada mines, was an expert steelmaker.
My Adventures with Your Money|George Graham Rice
Nor does it establish a case against the wares of the promoter who does.
My Adventures with Your Money|George Graham Rice
He was a typical New Englander, a founder of institutions, a promoter of every enterprise beneficial to society.
The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2|Various
"These columns are of the purest (something) marble," declared the Promoter, laying his hand upon one of them.
A Court of Inquiry|Grace S. Richmond
The reason is obvious to a little close thinking: Ignorance is at once a safeguard against and a promoter of conservatism.
How to Listen to Music, 7th ed.|Henry Edward Krehbiel

British Dictionary definitions for promoter

promoter

noun

a person or thing that promotes

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

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

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

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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Word Origin and History for promoter

promoter

late 14c., "one who promotes" (the interest of someone), "supporter," agent noun from promote, and also from Old French promoteur and directly from Medieval Latin promotor. Specific financial sense of "one who leads in forming a company" is from 1876; sense of "one who organizes sporting or entertainment events" is attested from 1936.

Medicine definitions for promoter