Promoter or Promotor may refer to:
Art, entertainment, and media
* ''The Promoter'' (1952), also known as ''
The Card
''The Card'' is a comic novel written by Arnold Bennett in 1911 (entitled ''Denry the Audacious'' in the American edition). It was later made into a 1952 movie, starring Alec Guinness and Petula Clark.
Like much of Bennett's best work, it i ...
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''The Promoter'' (2012 film)
Professions
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Promoter (entertainment)
A promoter works with event production and entertainment industries to promote their productions, including in music and sports. Promoters are individuals or organizations engaged in the business of marketing and promoting live, or pay-per-view ...
, one who makes arrangements for events or markets them to attract an audience
* Promotor (Dutch, Belgian, or German academia), a full professor of a Dutch, Flanders, or German university who formally promotes a PhD candidate to doctor, and is (formally) the principal supervisor during the
doctoral research.
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Corporate promoter
A corporate promoter is a firm or person who does the preliminary work related to the formation of a company, including its promotion, incorporation, and flotation, and solicits people to invest money in the company, usually when it is being ...
, an entity who takes active steps in the formation, organization, or financing of a corporation
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Tour promoter Tour promoters (also known as concert promoters or talent buyers) are the individuals or companies responsible for organizing a live concert tour or special event performance. The tour promoter makes an offer of engagement to a particular artist, ...
, individuals or companies responsible for organizing a live concert tour or special event performance
Science
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Promoter (catalysis), an accelerator of a catalyst, though not a catalyst itself
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Promoter (genetics)
In genetics, a promoter is a sequence of DNA to which proteins bind to initiate transcription of a single RNA transcript from the DNA downstream of the promoter. The RNA transcript may encode a protein (mRNA), or can have a function in and of ...
, a regulatory region of DNA usually located upstream of a gene, providing a control point for regulated gene transcription
Other uses
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Promoter (role variant), one of the sixteen personality types of the Keirsey Temperament Sorter
* Promoter, an office of the Catholic Church such as Promoter of the Laity, Promoter of Peace and Justice, or Promoter of the Faith (also known as the
Devil's advocate
The (Latin for Devil's advocate) is a former official position within the Catholic Church, the Promoter of the Faith: one who "argued against the canonization (sainthood) of a candidate in order to uncover any character flaws or misrepresentat ...
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Promotor (typeface), a typeface supplied by
Joh. Enschede
See also
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Promotion (disambiguation)
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