producer
/prəˈdjuːsə
/noun
1A person, company, or country that makes, grows, or supplies goods or commodities for sale: an oil producer...
- On foreign markets it has to compete with other producers producing better commodities at lower cost.
- When Iraq suspended oil supplies, other oil producers rushed to increase production.
- This still leaves room for producers supplying specific goods to niche markets.
Synonyms
manufacturer, maker, builder, fabricator, creator
grower, farmer
1.1A person or thing that makes or causes something: the mould is the producer of the toxin aflatoxin...
- They are important secondary producers and food sources for a variety of marine predators.
- We are the second largest producers of municipal waste in the world, behind the US.
- However, these acid producers can also cause considerable damage to underground concrete pipes and other structures.
2A person responsible for the financial and managerial aspects of the making of a film or broadcast or for staging a play, opera, etc. a film producer he’s the executive producer of weekday daytime shows...
- Jews played a major part in theater and in the film industry as producers, directors and actors.
- J. K. Rowling is one of the executive producers on the film and she controlled all the recreations.
- Then, in 1982, the film producer David Puttnam gave me a script to read.
Synonyms
impresario, manager, administrator, promoter, regisseur
2.1A person who supervises the making of a musical recording: a record producer...
- An obvious example of this would be engaging a producer for a recording session.
- London is the first of 10 stops on its quest to help modern producers and musical innovators gain some exposure.
- Litmus will now spend a day in a recording studio with a producer and their future looks very bright.
