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Definition of “promoter”

promoter (prəˈməʊtə Pronunciation for promoter

Definitions

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. (chemistry) 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

Translations for 'promoter'

  • British English: promoter A promoter is a person who helps organize and finance an event, especially a sports event. NOUN...one of the top boxing promoters in the country.
  • Brazilian Portuguese: patrocinador patrocinadora
  • Chinese: > 承办者尤指体育赛事的> 承办辦者
  • European Spanish: patrocinador patrocinadora
  • French: organisateur organisatrice
  • German: Veranstalter Veranstalterin
  • Italian: promoter
  • Japanese: 興行主
  • Korean: 프로모터
  • Portuguese: patrocinador patrocinadora
  • Spanish: patrocinador patrocinadora

Example Sentences Including 'promoter'

After talks with promoter Frank Warren, Jones ' adviser, Roy Jacobs, revealed the fight could take place this year.
Glasgow Herald (2001)
And in the background was something else, oil, promoter of the Dallas greed, which also excited the audience.
Aldiss, Brian Somewhere East of Life
Another View The promoted flourishes where the promoter fails Judith Timson The event promoter was freaking out over the phone.
Globe and Mail (2003)
Bankers Trust was the promoter on five of the shelters, including Tomas.
Globe and Mail (2003)
But Rahman's promoter , Cedric Kushner, said his man can take an interim fight.
Glasgow Herald (2001)
His mentor, Kapustin, was in trouble in Moscow, and the man was both his promoter and protector.
Thomas, Craig The Last Raven
However, music promoter Michael Gudinski told the Australian news network www.
NME (New Musical Express) (2002)
Our tour manager has told me to head for the airport and then call the promoter in Toronto on a payphone.
Hugh Cornwell A MULTITUDE OF SINS: Golden Brown, The Stranglers and Strange Little Girls (2004)
Someone -- presumably his promoter -- shouted from the back: `Way to go, Vern!
Edward Docx THE CALLIGRAPHER (2003)

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