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.
Britisha person responsible for the artistic direction of a play, including interpretation of the script, preparation of the actors, and overall design
US and Canadiana 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
economicsa person or business enterprise that generates goods or services for saleCompare consumer (def. 1)
cheman apparatus or plant for making producer gas
(often plural)ecologyan organism, esp a green plant, that builds up its own tissues from simple inorganic compoundsSee also consumer (def. 3), decomposer
1510s, "one who produces;" agent noun from produce (v.). Of entertainments, from 1891; in political economy, opposed to consumer, from 1784 (Adam Smith).
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.
