PROMOTER


Meaning of PROMOTER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈmō-tər ]

noun

Date: 14th century

1. : one that promotes ; especially : one who assumes the financial responsibilities of a sporting event (as a boxing match) including contracting with the principals, renting the site, and collecting gate receipts

2. obsolete : prosecutor

3. : a substance that in very small amounts is able to increase the activity of a catalyst

4. : a binding site in a DNA chain at which RNA polymerase binds to initiate transcription of messenger RNA by one or more nearby structural genes

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.