producer

[ pruh-doo-ser, -dyoo- ]

/ prəˈdu sər, -ˈdyu- /

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Definition of producer

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

“One of the producers on a story we were doing on the Orlando Magic told me about this young guy he really liked,” Jaffe said.
Remembering ESPN’s Sly, Cocky, and Cool Anchor Stuart Scott|Stereo Williams|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The general agenda of our working sessions was similar in form to those I was used to with other directors, producers, or writers.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Whereas other brands purchase their barrels from big producers more or less off the rack, The Macallan starts in the forest.
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Only the finest vintages and producers will clinch the deal.
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Did the producers just reuse the Von Trapp children from last year and hope that no one would notice?
‘Peter Pan Live!’ Review: No Amount of Clapping Brings It to Life|Kevin Fallon|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There must be something wrong with a social system which permits one idle peer to ruin hundreds of industrious producers.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
That we are consumers and non-producers—that we contribute nothing to the general progress of man.
The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States|Martin R. Delany
Unfortunates, indeed; yet parasites upon the producers, less in degree, but no less in kind than the rich exploiters.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman
And another important class of agriculturists, the beetroot growers and sugar-producers, were not to be trifled with either.
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Here all sorts of producers and hucksters gathered with their wares.
Great Artists, Vol 1.|Jennie Ellis Keysor

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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