producer

[pruh-doo-ser, -dyoo-]

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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.

Origin of producer

First recorded in 1505–15; produce + -er¹

Related formsnon·pro·duc·er, noun

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Related Words for producers

contractor, architect, maker, manufacturer, originator, assembler, artisan, constructor, fabricator, inventor, framer, mason, craftsperson, erector

Examples from the Web for producers

Contemporary Examples of producers

“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.
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Stereo Williams
January 4, 2015
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
Only the finest vintages and producers will clinch the deal.
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Clive Irving
December 7, 2014
Did the producers just reuse the Von Trapp children from last year and hope that no one would notice?
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Kevin Fallon
December 5, 2014
Japanese whisky is not regulated in Japan or in the U.S., so producers have the freedom to experiment with flavors and techniques.
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Kayleigh Kulp
November 16, 2014

Historical Examples of producers

American producers of very fine wool have ever fed an expectation, but never obtained the fruition of their hopes.
Address delivered by Hon. Henry H. Crapo, Governor of Michigan, before the Central Michigan Agricultural Society, at their Sheep-shearing Exhibition held at the Agricultural College Farm, on Thursday, May 24th, 1866
Henry Howland Crapo
They will seek other occupations, and be consumers rather than producers of meats.
Address delivered by Hon. Henry H. Crapo, Governor of Michigan, before the Central Michigan Agricultural Society, at their Sheep-shearing Exhibition held at the Agricultural College Farm, on Thursday, May 24th, 1866
Henry Howland Crapo
Gallicolous: dwellers in galls, whether as producers or inquilines.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
John. B. Smith
Marx never argued that the producers of wealth had a right to the wealth produced.
Socialism
John Spargo
Here all sorts of producers and hucksters gathered with their wares.
Great Artists, Vol 1.
Jennie Ellis Keysor

British Dictionary definitions for producers

producer

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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Word Origin and History for producers

producer

1510s, "one who produces;" agent noun from produce (v.). Of entertainments, from 1891; in political economy, opposed to consumer, from 1784 (Adam Smith).

producers in Medicine

producer

[prə-dōō′sər, prō-]

n.

A photosynthetic green plant or chemosynthetic bacterium, constituting the first trophic level in a food chain; an autotrophic organism.

producers in Science

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.