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Vinony

promoter

noun

  1. individual or company that promotes live entertainment events
  2. a region of DNA that initiates transcription of a particular gene
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Pronunciation: /pɹəˈmoʊtɚ/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin prōmoveō Latin prōmōtusbor. English promote Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English promoter From promote + -er.

  1. One who promotes.

    “The very language we use to symbolize reality is both product and promoter of the repressive reality of our present consciousness.”

    “a promoter of seditious ideas”

  2. One who promotes.

    “a music promoter”

    “events promoter”

  3. The section of DNA that controls the initiation of RNA transcription as a product of a gene.
  4. An accelerator of catalysis that is not itself a catalyst.