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
Other Word Forms
- self-promoter noun
Etymology
Origin of promoter
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; promote + -er 1; replacing earlier promotour, from Anglo-French
Example Sentences
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At 10 years old, she performed as an opening act for Ricky Martin in 1991, to the credit of her father, a concert promoter who reeled international stars to Guatemala.
From Los Angeles Times
The Brooklyn Mirage became one of the most celebrated dance venues in North America after two ragtag party promoters from Switzerland started hosting dance parties in industrial Brooklyn.
But nineteenth-century America was full of “humbug,” a word used for the types of entertainment popularized by renowned promoter P. T. Barnum.
From Literature
Warren said Benn's move is something that "happens in the sport" and no promoter can expect absolute loyalty.
From BBC
But it’s proper to wonder whether that message has been absorbed by promoters of AI health applications.
From Los Angeles Times
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