promoter
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promoters
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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 Justice Department was preparing to wage a legal battle more than a decade in the making against the world’s largest concert promoter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Joshua and his promoter Hearn have signed a contract for it to be staged in the United Kingdom, while Saudi organisers Sela are pushing for a move to the United States.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
LA Jazz Festival was a major project for Ludlow, a former Los Angeles City Council member turned music promoter and community activist after pleading guilty to misappropriating funds in 2006.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
The cost of event cancellation insurance is usually a percentage of the artists’ “guarantees”—the amount a show’s promoter promises to pay regardless of how many people show up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 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
In a social media post, external, St Petersburg's Gazprom Arena said no rental agreement had been signed with the concert promoters.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
The study's data and AI models may also support the design of synthetic promoters, sequences that can switch genes on or off, with functions tailored for specific purposes.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
"We acknowledge that this news will be deeply disappointing to staff, performers, venues, promoters and supporters."
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
For music lovers and promoters alike, that’s worth celebrating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 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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