producer

American  

[pruh-doo-ser, -dyoo-] / prəˈdu sər, -ˈdyu- /

noun

1. a person who produces.

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

3. 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.

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

5. an apparatus for making producer gas.

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

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producer British  

/ prəˈdjuːsə /

noun

1. a person or thing that produces

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

3. a person who organizes the stage production of a play, including the finance, management, etc

4. the person who takes overall administrative responsibility for a film or television programme Compare director

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

6. economics a person or business enterprise that generates goods or services for sale Compare consumer

7. chem an apparatus or plant for making producer gas

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

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producer Scientific  

/ prə-do̅o̅′sər /

1. 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.

2. Compare consumer

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Other Word Forms

• nonproducer noun

Etymology

Origin of producer

First recorded in 1505–15; produce + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Since then, Travis has worked as a game show host, an actor and an executive producer.

From BBC

Washington lifted sanctions on potash, a key ingredient for fertilizer and an important source of hard currency for Belarus, the third-largest producer after Canada and Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal

Stranger Things' executive producer Shawn Levy said the show's last, feature-length episode has been carefully crafted for its huge global fanbase.

From BBC

"We always checked in with each other and the producers and director made sure everything felt safe and considered."

From BBC

A strained economy, the growing number of people on weight-loss drugs and changes to government food-assistance programs are some of the looming challenges for food producers in the new year.

From MarketWatch

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