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Definition: Promoter |
PromoterNoun1. Someone who is an active supporter and advocate. 2. A sponsor who books and stages public entertainments. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "promoter" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemical Industry | Substance which, when added in relatively small quantities to a catalyst, increases its activity, e. g. aluminium and potassium oxide are added as promoters to the iron catalyst used in facilitating combination of hydrogen and nitrogen to form ammonia. Source: European Union. (references) |
Chemistry | A chemical, a feeble catalyst that greatly increases the activity of a given catalyst. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A chemical substance that increases the activity of a carcinogenic process. Source: European Union. (references) | |
General | Person whose role it is to mount an event and maximize media coverage and income. Source: European Union. (references) |
Insurance | Person who has made available the initial fund of a mutual insurance company. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | In an operon, a nucleotide sequence located at the operator end which contains all the signals for the correct initiation of genetic transcription by the RNA polymerase holoenzyme and determines the maximal rate of RNA synthesis. Source: European Union. (references) |
Politics & International Affaires | Private bill. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Promoter sequences
Prokaryotic promoters
In prokaryotes, the promoter consists of two short sequences at -10 and -35 position upstream of the gene, that is, prior to the gene in the direction of transctiption. <-- upstream downstream -->
5'-XXXXXXXPPPPPXXXXXXPPPPPXXXXGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGXXXX-3'
-35 -10 Gene to be transcribedEukaryotic promoters
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Promoter."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
PROMOTER | English | Process Modelling Techniques | Computing, European Union |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: PromoterSynonyms: booster (n), impresario (n), plugger (n), showman (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Plan | Schemer, schemist, schematist; strategist, machinator; projector, artist, promoter, designer; Verb: conspirator; intrigant; (cunning). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Promoter |
| English words defined with "promoter": Broacher ♦ Emigrationist ♦ Fartherer, Forwarder ♦ Promover ♦ Seditionary. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "promoter": Alu Elements ♦ Diethylstibestrol, Discitis ♦ Genes, Reporter, Greek Commentator ♦ HERCULES, HIV Long Terminal Repeat ♦ long interspersed nuclear element ♦ Nitrovin ♦ PRETZEL, processed pseudo-gene, pSB8 tuber ♦ Recombinant Fusion Proteins ♦ Transcription Factor, Sp1 ♦ Vaugirard, Virginiamycin. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Promoter" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (promoter). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Old dresser in home of Jim Hardin, former promoter. Two Bit Creek, near Deadwood, South Dakota. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Jim Hardin, once a wealthy mining promoter, now on relief. Two Bit Creek, near Deadwood, South Dakota. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Denis Diderot | Distance is a great promoter of admiration! |
Joseph Addison | Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | The advance of industry, whose involuntary promoter is the bourgeoisie, replaces the isolation of the labourers, due to competition, by their revolutionary combination, due to association. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Spain | For example, four out of five franchises remain open and are still working with the same brand and promoter after their first anniversary. (references) |
Spain | Four out of five franchises remain open and are still working with the same brand and promoter after their first anniversary. (references) | |
Pakistan | National Industrial Zones will be developed through private sector (domestic or foreign) under investor, developer and promoter (IDP) concept. (references) | |
Human Rights | Guatemala | In a separate case, the SGT reviewed complaints against Judge Marco Antonio Posadas in conjunction with his investigation of the bank fraud that bankrupted the twin Metropolitan and Promoter Banks belonging to the President's campaign financier, Francisco Alvarado MacDonald. (references) |
Worker Rights | Mozambique | CONSILMO maintained a working relationship with the OTM, and includes the powerful 28,000-member Union of Industrial Construction Workers of Mozambique (SINTICIM) construction trades union, an early promoter of the rights of female workers. (references) |
Brazil | The ring was reported by a man who mistakenly believed he was being taken to Japan by a promoter to perform Brazilian dances in a show. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Promoter" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.02% of the time. "Promoter" is used about 812 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.02% | 804 | 8,660 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.98% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Total | 100.00% | 812 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "promoter": catalyst promoter ♦ CCKA promoter ♦ Promoter Regions (Genetics). Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "promoter": promoter-containing, promoter-cum-accountant, promoter-lacz, promoter-specific. | |
Ending with "promoter": co-promoter, polymerase-promoter, wt-promoter. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "promoter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | përkrahës (abettor, adherent, advocate, allied, backer, booster, champion, devotee, encouraging, exponent, follower, friend, help, partisan, satellite, supporter, upholder), themelues (erector, father, founder, patriarch), reklamues, nxitës (abetter, abettor, aphrodisiac, cordial, encouraging, excitant, fillip, fire brand, fomenter, hortative, hortatory, impellent, incendiary, incentive, inciting, inflammatory, instigator, lively, mainspring, piquant, poignant, provocative, sexy, sponsor, stimulant, stimulating, warmonger), lëvrues (fosterer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | منظم المباريات (matchmaker, popularizer), متعهد (committed, contractor, cultivated, developer, entrepreneur, provider, steward, undertaker), مؤسس (based, established, founded, founder, instituted, patriarch, set up), مبادر (enterprising, entrepreneur, originator), المثير (exciter, stimulus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | основател (constitutor, founder, patriarch), промотор, поощрител (cultivator), популяризатор (popularizer), докладчик (rapporteur, reporter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 促进者. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | podporovatel (supporter), zakladatel (founder, originator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | promotorområde (promotor, promotor site), promotor (promotor, promotor site, sponsor), investor (investor), initiativtager (initiating body, initiator, promotor), garant, bygherre (awarding authority, builder, building owner, client, constructor, developer, owner), aktivator (activator, actuator), additiv til forbedring af katalysatorens virkning (catalyst promoter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | promotor (promotor), promotiestof, promoter (promotor, promotor site), projektontwikkelaar (developer), projectontwikkelaar, katalysatorpromotor (catalyst promoter), initiatiefnemer (instigator), garant (hostage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پیش برنده , ترقی دهنده (Assistant, Booster), ترویج کننده . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | promoottori (catalyst promoter, promotor, promotor site, sponsor), tehoste (intensification, setting off), rakentaja (builder), kiihdytin (accelerator), kiihdyte (accelerator, activator, catalyst, catalyst promoter, promotor), katalyytin joudutin, joudutin (catalyst promoter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | promoteur immobilier, promoteur de vente, promoteur (promotor), site promoteur (promotor, promotor site), organisateur, garant, fondateur, activeur (catalyst promoter), activateur de catalyseur (catalyst promoter), activateur (catalyst promoter, promotor), accélérateur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Organisator (analyst, organizer), Katalysator (carrier, catalyst, catalytic converter), Beförderer (carrier, conveyor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γονίδιο-υποκινητής (promotor, promotor site), ιδρυτικός χρηματοδότης, προωθητήσ (launcher), προάγων (booster, launcher), προαγωγός καταλύτη (catalyst promoter), προαγωγός, υποστηρικτήσ (backer, bolsterer, patronizer, proponent, sponsor, supporter, sustainer, sustainment, upholder), εργολάβος κατασκευών (developer), ενισχυτής καταλύτη (catalyst promoter), επιχειρηματικός φορέας, επιταχυντής καταλύτη, διαφημιστής (adman, advertising man). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מק"ם (coefficient, factor), יוזם (initiative, initiator, originator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | promotor, vállalatot alapító, támogató (adherent, advocate, backer, espouser, fosterer, in support, pro, proponent, seconder, subservient, supporter, supporting, supportive, upholder), elõsegítõ (conducive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pengawam (advocate), penganjuran (advocate, propagandist, proponent), pendorong (booster, impetus, stemulation), pemuka (leader). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | promotore (further, organizer, patron, promotive, sponsor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 興行主 (producer, showman), 発起人 (originator), 発 人 (originator), プロペラ船 (air propeller boat, professional wrestling, project manager, proletarian, proletariat, promenade, Prometheus, promethium, prominence, promote, promotion, promotion video, proportion, proposal), 創業者 (founder), 元 め (boss, manager), 勧進元 (backer), 呼び屋 , 主催者 (organizer, sponsor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | プロモーター , そうぎょうしゃ (founder), しゅさいしゃ (chairman, organizer, president, sponsor), ほっきに" (originator), ほっとうに" (originator), か"じ"もと (backer), "うぎょうぬし (producer, showman), もとじめ (boss, controller, manager), よびや. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 발기인. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | kiaddeyder (designer, founder, modeller), bunneyder (initiator, originator, starter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | omoterpray promotor (federal prosecutor, forwarder, instigator, originator, prosecutor, public defender). (various references) promotor (forwarder), autor (author, contriver, creator, doer, father, hand, originator, penman, perpetrator, starter, writer). (various references) промотор, подстрекатель (abetter, abettor, incendiary, instigator, rabble-rouser, seditionist). (various references) preduzetnik (contractor, entrepreneur), pokretač (actuator, brain, impeller, initiator, mover, originator, starter), organizator (organizer). (various references) promotor (developer, forwarder, projector, promotive, prompter, sponsor). (various references) promotor (matchmaker, promotion-man). (various references) teşvik eden kimse, organizatör (organizer), menejer (handler, impresario, manager), kurucu (builder, constituent, constitutive, creator, erector, father, floater, founder, foundress, framer, incorporator), girişimci (enterprising, entrant, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial, go ahead), elebaşı (protagonist, ringleader, standard bearer, Van, vanguard), destekçi (backer, nurse, outwork, stay, supporter), düzenleyici (compensator, grader, organizer, organizing, regulating, regulative, regulator, regulatory, trimmer), önayak olan kimse (initiator, pioneer, prompter, protagonist). (various references) імпресаріо (impresario), той, що сприя", заступник (advocate, alternate, deputy, lieutenant, nurser, patron, protector, surrogate), засновник (erector, founder, progenitor), захисник (advocate, apologist, assertor, defender, proponent, protector, quarter-back, warrant), активатор (activator), антрепренер (entrepreneur). (various references) người sáng lập (constitutor), người đề xướng. (various references) hyrwyddwr (sponsor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | fautor. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "promoter": promoters. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "promoter": copromoter. (additional references) | |
Words containing "promoter": copromoters. (additional references) | |
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"Promoter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pomifera, pomodoro, Porometer, premodern, premotor, Proimager, Prommeger, Promostyl, promot, promotor, promotte, promter, pronotum, protomer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "promoter" (pronounced prumō"ter) |
| 5 | -u m ō" t er | locomotor. |
| 4 | -m ō" t er | motor. |
| 3 | -ō" t er | floater, rotor, voter. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-m-o-o-p-r-r-t" | |
-1 letter: promote, trooper. | |
-2 letters: mooter, poorer, porter, pretor, report, romper, roomer, rooter, termor, torero, torpor, tremor, trompe. | |
-3 letters: metro, moper, morro, motor, ormer, proem, promo, repot, repro, retro, romeo, roper, rotor, tempo, toper, tromp, troop, trope. | |
-4 letters: moor, moot, mope, more, mort, mote, omer, perm, pert, poem, poet, pome, poor, pore, port, prom, repo, romp. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-m-o-o-p-r-r-t" | |
+1 letter: promoters, protoderm. | |
+2 letters: copromoter, outperform, protoderms. | |
+3 letters: comptroller, copromoters, morphometry, mothproofer, outperforms, overpromote, premonitory, tamperproof. | |
+4 letters: comptrollers, contemporary, impersonator, macropterous, morphometric, mothproofers, outperformed, overpromoted, overpromotes, parathormone, performatory, preformation, primogenitor, promontories, pyromorphite, thermotropic. | |
+5 letters: anthropometry, bromocriptine, chemoreceptor, chromatophore, chromoprotein, heteromorphic, impersonators, improvisatore, microcomputer, moderatorship, morphometries, outperforming, overpromoting, parathormones, preformations, premonitorily, primogenitors, pyromorphites, reimportation, spermatophore, theriomorphic, thermotropism. | |
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