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 collector. Metallurgy. 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

promoter

/ prə-mō′tər /

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

Other Words From

• self-pro·moter noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of promoter¹

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

Example Sentences

The promoters generally depict their products as dependable and their output as trustworthy.

From Los Angeles Times

The vehicle was reported stolen by a Hertz rental company, but the driver claimed he rented the car from a club promoter known as “xtrackz.”

From Los Angeles Times

They’re hedge fund operators, cryptocurrency and AI promoters, scions of and heirs to family fortunes, and others who have it all and want to keep it all.

From Los Angeles Times

The Times also spoke with a North Carolina-based movie theater chain and a Tennessee concert promoter that have struggled to secure grants.

From Los Angeles Times

The band’s promoters, Live Nation and SJM, has told BBC File on 4 that it will cancel more than 50,000 tickets for the band's UK dates listed on secondary platforms.

From BBC

Related Words

• advertiser
• advocate
• backer
• booster
• organizer
• publicist
• sponsor