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

It is actually a net benefit to the U.S., as an exporter and the world’s biggest producer.

From The Wall Street Journal

For TV producers, it's long been tempting to invite two self-righteous zealots into a studio to bellow at each other.

From BBC

She became known internationally for a Bugle Boy jeans advert in the late 1980s and later worked as a film and TV producer.

From BBC

The soaring price of oil and natural gas will lead directly to higher profits for Russian producers.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I make TV shows and movies that I want to see,” the producer says.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• architect
• contractor
• maker
• manufacturer