Main Entry:

pro·mot·er

Pronunciation:

\-ˈmō-tər\

Function:

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 receipts2obsolete : prosecutor3: a substance that in very small amounts is able to increase the activity of a catalyst4: 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