producer

[ pruh-doo-ser, -dyoo- ]

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. Compare director ( def 3 ).
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.

producer

/ 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

producer

/ 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

Other Words From

• nonpro·ducer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of producer¹

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

Example Sentences

Azerbaijan followed on from another major oil producer, the United Arab Emirates, which held the conference in Dubai last year.

From BBC

The “White Lotus” actor in recent years has diversified her portfolio to showcase her acting chops and flexed her muscles as a producer with films “Immaculate” and “Anyone but You.”

From Los Angeles Times

Sweeney, founder of Fifty-Fifty Films, called out Tinseltown’s alleged faux feminism months after “Father of the Bride” producer Carol Baum dismissed her star power.

From Los Angeles Times

Sydney Sweeney’s rep called out Carol Baum for ‘unjustly’ disparaging a fellow female producer after Baum said that Sweeney’s film ‘Anyone But You’ was ‘unwatchable.’

From Los Angeles Times

“To unjustly disparage a fellow female producer speaks volumes about Ms. Baum’s character.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• architect
• contractor
• maker
• manufacturer