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producer

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pro·duc·er  (pr-dsr, -dy-, pr-)
n.
1. One that produces, especially a person or organization that produces goods or services for sale.
2. One who supervises and controls the finances, creation, and public presentation of a play, film, program, or similar work.
3. A furnace that manufactures producer gas.
4. Ecology A photosynthetic green plant or chemosynthetic bacterium, constituting the first trophic level in a food chain; an autotrophic organism.

producer [prəˈdjuːsə]
n
1. a person or thing that produces
2. (Performing Arts / Theatre) Brit a person responsible for the artistic direction of a play, including interpretation of the script, preparation of the actors, and overall design
3. (Performing Arts / Theatre) US and Canadian a person who organizes the stage production of a play, including the finance, management, etc.
4. (Communication Arts / Broadcasting) the person who takes overall administrative responsibility for a film or television programme Compare director [4]
5. (Music, other) the person who supervises the arrangement, recording, and mixing of a record
6. (Economics) Economics a person or business enterprise that generates goods or services for sale Compare consumer [1]
7. (Chemistry) Chem an apparatus or plant for making producer gas
8. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Environmental Science) (often plural) Ecology an organism, esp a green plant, that builds up its own tissues from simple inorganic compounds See also consumer [3] decomposer

producer  (pr-dsr)
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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.producerproducer - someone who manufactures something  
arms manufacturer - someone who manufactures arms and munitions
brewer - the owner or manager of a brewery
distiller - someone who distills alcoholic liquors
food manufacturer - a person who manufactures food products
maker, shaper - a person who makes things
sericulturist - a producer of raw silk
2.producer - someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation of a show (play or film or program or similar work)
creator - a person who grows or makes or invents things
film maker, film producer, filmmaker, movie maker - a producer of motion pictures
theatrical producer - someone who produces theatrical performances
3.producer - something that produces; "Maine is a leading producer of potatoes"; "this microorganism is a producer of disease"
cause - events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something; "they are trying to determine the cause of the crash"

producer
noun
1. director, promoter, impresario, régisseur (French) a freelance film producer
2. maker, manufacturer, builder, creator, fabricator producers of precision instruments and electrical equipment
3. grower, farmer They are producers of high-quality wines.
Translations
producer [prəˈdjuːsəʳ] N
1. [of oil, coal, ore, crop] → productor(a) m/f; [of product] → fabricante mf
2. (Theat) → director(a) m/f de escena (Cine) → productor(a) m/f (TV) → realizador(a) m/f, productor(a) m/f

producer [prəˈdjuːsər] n
(= artistic director) [show, play] → metteur/euse m/f en scène
[film, programme] → producteur/trice m/f
[product, raw material] → producteur/trice m/f

producer
nProduzent(in) m(f); (Ind also) → Hersteller(in) m(f); (Theat) → Regisseur(in) m(f); (Film, TV, Rad) → Produzent(in) m(f); producer goodsProduktionsgüter pl

producer [prəˈdjuːsəʳ] n (Agr, Cine, TV, Theatre) → produttore/trice
producer [prəˈdjuːsəʳ] n (Agr, Cine, TV, Theatre) → produttore/trice

producer مُنتِج producent producer Hersteller παραγωγός productor tuottaja producteur proizvođač produttore プロデューサー 생산자 producer produsent producent produtor производитель producent ผู้ผลิต üretici người sản xuất 生产者


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It must be weighed, the various taxes set apart, and the remainder returned to the producer.
He had so intently watched this tulip, followed it so eagerly from the drawer in Cornelius's dry-room to the scaffold of the Buytenhof, and from the scaffold to the fortress of Loewestein; he had seen it bud and grow in Rosa's window, and so often warmed the air round it with his breath, that he felt as if no one had a better right to call himself its producer than he had; and any one who would now take the black tulip from him would have appeared to him as a thief.
Then had followed the news that the producer of this awful event was a stranger, a mighty magician at Arthur's court; that he could have blown out the sun like a candle, and was just going to do it when his mercy was purchased, and he then dissolved his enchantments, and was now recognized and honored as the man who had by his unaided might saved the globe from destruction and its peoples from extinction.
 
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