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

We also suggest that groups of countries could come together in sugar transition partnerships between producers and consumers that encourage a diversion of sugar away from peoples' diets to more beneficial uses.

From Salon

Payne’s collaborator, music producer Sam Pounds, also walked back the release of the singer’s posthumous single “Do No Wrong” amid fan outcry.

From Los Angeles Times

The group will serve as executive producers and have "full control to make the new season bigger and better than the last".

From BBC

But she also felt good about the biopic of her life, for which Sahar is working to find backing alongside producer Anthony Hemingway.

From Los Angeles Times

At the Los Angeles premiere of “Wicked,” producer Marc Platt, who has been shepherding the project since producing the 2003 Broadway show, struck an early campaign tone.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• architect
• contractor
• maker
• manufacturer