manufacturer

[ man-yuh-fak-cher-er ]

/ ˌmæn yəˈfæk tʃər ər /

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noun

a person, group, or company that owns or runs a manufacturing plant.

a person, group, or company that manufactures.

Words nearby manufacturer

manuf., manufactory, manufacture, manufactured gas, manufactured home, manufacturer, manufacturer's agent, manuhiri, manuka, manuka honey, manukau

Origin of manufacturer

First recorded in 1710–20; manufacture + -er¹

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Examples from the Web for manufacturer

Zumbiel Packaging A Kentucky-based manufacturer of paperboard packaging for consumer goods.
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Of course not—the delivery of vaccine from manufacturer to arm is only part of the problem for any vaccination program.
Powdered Measles Vaccine Could Be Huge for Developing World|Kent Sepkowitz|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To get the product from manufacturer to arm, the product is lyophilized (a fancy word for freeze dried).
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It is also the home of Atari Inc., the manufacturer of Asteroids.
‘Asteroids’ & The Dawn of the Gamer Age|David Owen|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

It is also, as far as I can tell, the only manufacturer to list the ingredients on such products at all.
Celiac or Not, Gluten Free Dish Soap Is Ridiculous|Russell Saunders|July 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The American manufacturer would make a hat for seventeen shillings, and sell it for one pound fifteen.
American Notes|Rudyard Kipling
Your limbs are your own, and not the property of the manufacturer.
Economic Sophisms|Frederic Bastiat
What, then, are the relative profit returns upon the same sum-total of operations for the banker and manufacturer?
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843|Various
A machine is invented which enables the manufacturer to furnish hats at ten francs.
Sophisms of the Protectionists|Frederic Bastiat
This man was a manufacturer of linen cloth, and used to bleach his own yarn.
Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events|S. Baring-Gould

British Dictionary definitions for manufacturer

manufacturer

/ (ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃərə) /

noun

a person or business concern that manufactures goods or owns a factory

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