producer

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/prəˈdjuːsə^r/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/prəˈdusɚ, -ˈdju-/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(prə do̅o̅′sər, -dyo̅o̅′-)

pro•duc•er n. [countable]

a person, group, etc., that makes or supplies something for another:The Middle East is an important oil producer.
one in charge of bringing a play, etc., before the public:worked as an executive producer for that news show.

See -duc-.

pro•duc•er n.

a person who produces.
Business[Econ.]a person who creates economic value, or produces goods and services.
Show Businessa 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. Cf. director (def. 3).
Show Business, British Terms[Theat. Brit.](formerly) a director of theatrical productions;
stage director.
Energyan apparatus for making producer gas.
Ecologyan organism, as a plant, that is able to produce its own food from inorganic substances.

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producer /prəˈdjuːsə/ n

a person or thing that produces
Brit a person responsible for the artistic direction of a play, including interpretation of the script, preparation of the actors, and overall design
US 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 programme
Compare director
the person who supervises the arrangement, recording, and mixing of a record
a person or business enterprise that generates goods or services for sale
Compare consumer
an apparatus or plant for making producer gas
(often plural) an organism, esp a green plant, that builds up its own tissues from simple inorganic compounds
See also decomposer

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