Producer
[prə'djuːsə] or [prə'dʊsɚ]
Definition
(noun.) something that produces; 'Maine is a leading producer of potatoes'; 'this microorganism is a producer of disease'.
(noun.) someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation of a show (play or film or program or similar work).
Editor: Melinda--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who produces, brings forth, or generates.
(n.) One who grows agricultural products, or manufactures crude materials into articles of use.
(n.) A furnace for producing combustible gas which is used for fuel.
Typist: Nathaniel
Examples
- It is altogether for the benefit of the producer, that bounties are granted upon the exportation of some of his productions. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In addition to the steam, the daily consumption of producer gas for power purpose only is 28,512,000 cubic feet. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The final payment of those taxes has fallen constantly upon the consumer, and not upon the producer. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- These are placed in the hands of a producer, corresponding to a stage-director, generally an actor or theatrical man of experience, with a highly developed dramatic instinct. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The scheme is worth looking at for it does do away with the present dilemma of the citizen in which he wonders helplessly whether he ought to vote as a consumer or as a producer. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Use with a douche, spray-producer, or by means of insufflation. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- From being a new-comer in the cement business, his corporation in five years has grown to be the fifth largest producer in the United States, with a still increasing capacity. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It must be weighed, the various taxes set apart, and the remainder returned to the producer. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- One chamber would then represent a man's sectional interests as a consumer: the other his professional interests as a producer. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- A political revolution is in progress: the state as policeman is giving place to the state as producer. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Lavoisier had given it, indeed, the name oxygen (acid-producer) on that supposition. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This was distributed widely over the country, the greatest producers, after Pennsylvania, being Illinois, West Virginia, Ohio, Alabama and Colorado. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And Edison's company is only one of many producers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The above-mentioned states are the largest producers of salt in this country. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This also led to the invention of separate gas producers. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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