producer

[ pruh-doo-ser, -dyoo- ]

/ prəˈdu sər, -ˈdyu- /

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noun

a person who produces.

Economics. a person who creates economic value, or produces goods and services.

a person responsible for the financial and administrative aspects of a stage, film, television, or radio production; the person who exercises general supervision of a production and is responsible chiefly for raising money, hiring technicians and artists, etc., required to stage a play, make a motion picture, or the like.Compare director (def. 3).

British Theater. (formerly) a director of theatrical productions; stage director.

an apparatus for making producer gas.

Ecology. an organism, as a plant, that is able to produce its own food from inorganic substances.

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Origin of producer

First recorded in 1505–15; produce + -er¹

OTHER WORDS FROM producer

non·pro·duc·er, noun

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How to use producer in a sentence

The great crime of the ages is the robbing of the producer of the basic necessities of human life by the non-producer.
Communism and Christianism|William Montgomery Brown
For almost every producer in Victoria there is a non-producer in the capital.
Recollections|David Christie Murray
The non-producer will live, whatever becomes of those who toil.
Broken Bread|Thomas Champness
It is true that the bed, the room, and the house is a home of idleness for the non-producer.
The Conquest of Bread|Peter Kropotkin

British Dictionary definitions for producer

producer

/ (prəˈdjuːsə) /

noun

a person or thing that produces

British a person responsible for the artistic direction of a play, including interpretation of the script, preparation of the actors, and overall design

US and Canadian a person who organizes the stage production of a play, including the finance, management, etc

the person who takes overall administrative responsibility for a film or television programmeCompare director (def. 4)

the person who supervises the arrangement, recording, and mixing of a record

economics a person or business enterprise that generates goods or services for saleCompare consumer (def. 1)

chem an apparatus or plant for making producer gas

(often plural) ecology an organism, esp a green plant, that builds up its own tissues from simple inorganic compoundsSee also consumer (def. 3), decomposer

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Scientific definitions for producer

producer

[ prə-dōō′sər ]

An autotrophic organism that serves as a source of food for other organisms in a food chain. Producers include green plants, which produce food through photosynthesis, and certain bacteria that are capable of converting inorganic substances into food through chemosynthesis. Compare consumer.

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