producern.
/prəˈdjuːsə/, /prəˈdʒuːsə/, U.S. /prəˈd(j)usər/, /proʊˈd(j)usər/ I. In general use.
1. A person who or thing which produces (in various senses).
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > production > that which produces
gendererc1384
bearera1387
bringerc1386
engendererc1390
producera1513
forthbringer1546
breeder1572
productor1584
productrice1585
spawner16..
brancher1610
procreanta1616
producent1622
productrix1630
generant1635
generator1637
productive1642
procurator1647
pregnatress1651
generatrix1657
yielder1733
productress1751
a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1965) II. 130 For God is the makar and produsar of the creatur.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. vi. 93 The One is the Producer or yeelderfoorth, the Vnderstanding is the thing produced or yeeldedfoorth.
1676 G. Towerson Explic. Decalogue 359 Hatred is not murther..yet it is..at least the producer of it.
1752 J. Gill Doctr. Trinity (ed. 2) vi. 113 The first parent, bringer forth, or producer of every creature.
1779 J. Fell Dæmoniacs iv. 123 The god of flies was, beyond all doubt, thought to be the producer or nourisher of insects.
1844 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 5 i. 60 Pearl [wheat].—Very white, compact ear, and great producer.
1881 M. Arnold Byron in Macmillan's Mag. Mar. 368/2 The producer of such poems could not but publish them.
1903 Daily Chron. 15 Apr. 5/2 Mexico, the greatest silver producer in the world.
1955 Daily Courier (Connellsville, Pa.) 15 Feb. 1/7 De Beers is the world's largest producer of diamonds.
1990 Midwest Living Feb. 94/2 Packman broccoli is a great producer in hot weather.
2001 A. B. Hadjian in B. Gökay Politics of Caspian Oil iv. 114 A gradual rearrangement of the Soviet distribution of labour deprived Azerbaijan of its position as a major oil producer.
II. In specific senses.
2. Political Economy. A person, company, or country that makes, grows, or supplies goods or commodities for sale. Opposed to consumer. Also in extended use.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > [noun]
producer1692
outputter1902
1692 J. Locke Some Considerations Lowering Interest 120 Yet whenever want of Money, or want of desire in the consumer, make the Price low, that immediately reaches the first producer.
1784 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations (ed. 3) II. iv. viii. 515 The interest of the consumer is almost constantly sacrificed to that of the producer.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 236 In every prosperous community something more is produced than goes to the immediate support of the producer . View more context for this quotation
1864 H. Spencer Princ. Biol. I. iii. v. 373 He ceases to be a producer, and becomes simply a channel through which the produce of others is conveyed to the public.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 227 The pigeon is a consumer, not a producer.
1927 Market Res. Agencies Guide to Publ. (U.S. Dept. Commerce) p. iv Market research is the study of all problems relating to the transfer of goods from producer to consumer, involving relationships and adjustments between production and consumption, [etc.].
1999 H. Stretton Economics i. v. 42 People sometimes write as if producers only produce and consumers only consume. Producers and consumers are mostly the same people.
3. A furnace for producing fuel gas by passing a current of air and usually steam through hot solid fuel so that incomplete combustion occurs; = gas producer n. (a) at gas n.1 and adj. Compounds 3. Now rare.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for making other articles > [noun] > gas-making equipment
gas producer1841
gasifier1857
Siemens producer1866
producer1890
society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > [noun] > types of furnace by method of operation
lamp-furnace1651
wind-furnace1651
reverbatory1656
blast furnace1706
revolver1879
run-out1881
flame-furnace1888
producer1890
resistance furnace1897
induction furnace1907
suction plant1909
high-frequency induction furnace1918
solar furnace1924
roller hearth furnace1927
1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 13 Here are the half-dozen producers, to give the gas for the two Siemens's furnaces.
1941 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) V. 368/1 In the Thwaite cupola producer.., where a dry-air blast..is employed, it is usual to add a certain proportion of limestone to the fuel charge.
1961 M. G. Say Electr. Engineer's Ref. Bk. (ed. 10) xxvii. 7 A gas curtain is provided, the gas being usually supplied by a producer.
4. Oil Industry (originally U.S.). A productive oil well, a well that yields oil.
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1881 Democrat (Olean, N.Y.) 19 May 3/7 The Richburg well continues to do about 30 barrels daily, and is generally acknowledged to be a good producer.
1940 Los Angeles Times 12 Oct. (Financial section) 7/5 The company takes about two months to drill a producer from grass-roots.
1962 L. A. Parcher in A. L. Bertrand & F. L. Corty Rural Land Tenure in U.S. x. 165 If the well is a producer, the landowner who has retained part of the oil and gas rights may expect sizable returns from royalties.
1991 Offshore Engineer Sept. 101/1 Yatzy abandoned five subsea producers.
5. A person responsible for the financial and managerial aspects of staging a play, opera, etc., or making a film or broadcast; (also) a person who supervises the making of a musical recording. Cf. produce v. 2d.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > people concerned with theatrical productions > [noun] > director or producer
play-dresser1602
acting manager1733
metteur en scène1851
producer1891
director1911
actor-producer1961
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > filming unit or team > [noun] > producer or director
art director1871
producer1891
director1911
production director1915
actor-producer1927
society > communication > broadcasting > putting on or producing broadcast > [noun] > people involved in putting on broadcast
script clerk1867
editor1881
programme builder1898
narrowcaster1930
story editor1930
sponsor1931
programme controller1934
scripter1936
lighting1956
producer1961
outside broadcaster1971
sound1972
programmer1978
1891 C. W. Scott & C. Howard Life E. L. Blanchard I. 213 Though he was a clever actor, he rose to greater fame as what we should now call a stage-manager or producer of plays.
1908 Moving Picture World 7 Nov. 355 The race course did not attract a large representation of moving picture producers.
1925 Scribner's Mag. Sept. 283/2 The great Delando, most resourceful of the Broadway producers, put down the last act of ‘The Republic’.
1938 W. S. Maugham Summing Up 107 I use the American word director rather than the English one, producer, because I think it better describes what should be the function of the person in question.
1961 G. Millerson Technique Television Production 190 The producer may be the business-head of the programme, responsible for organization, finance, policy, etc., while his director is concerned with interpretation, staging and directing its production.
1976 M. Maguire Scratchproof iv. 51 Sam Goldwyn used to say that a producer shouldn't get ulcers, he should give them.
1989 A. Stevenson Bitter Fame x. 206 Ted was invited by a BBC producer to come and discuss a series of children's programs.
2006 Washington Post (Nexis) 10 Feb. a19 Kanye West, the hyper-talented rapper and producer whose album ‘Late Registration’ was nominated for eight Grammys.
6. Ecology. An organism that produces organic compounds from simple substances such as water, carbon dioxide, or nitrogen; an autotroph. Frequently attributive.
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the world > life > biology > balance of nature > organisms in relation to habitat > [noun]
colonist1839
benthos1891
land form1897
heterotroph1900
autotroph1901
epibenthos1902
specialist1902
microaerophile1903
nitrifier1903
consumer1904
nitrogen fixer1904
producer1904
indicator1906
psychrophile1906
thermophil1909
sulphuretum1925
influent1926
halobiont1928
halophile1928
mesophile1928
oligosaprobe1931
saprobe1932
eurytope1938
stenotope1938
photoautotroph1939
chemoautotroph1943
prototroph1946
mixotrophy1948
chemolithoautotroph1949
auxotroph1950
chemoheterotroph1951
chemoorganotroph1953
chemolithotroph1955
chemotroph1958
osmophile1961
psychrotroph1963
saprotroph1963
generalist1964
opportunist1967
cryophile1970
1904 New Phytologist 3 125 In the ocean..the animals live directly or indirectly on the vegetable substances... It is obvious that the ‘consumers’ could not..be two to four times as great in quantity as the ‘producers’.
1941 Q. Rev. Biol. 16 397/1 Certain important groups of producer plankton..were absent from the neighbourhood of the poles.
1978 Sci. Amer. Mar. 102/2 These rodents derive energy directly from the primary producers (leaves, shoots, seeds and buds), from other consumers (invertebrates..) and from decomposers (fungi).
1991 R. S. K. Barnes & K. H. Mann Fund. Aquatic Ecol. (ed. 2) iii. 58/2 In coastal environments in which the water column is such that the photic zone reaches the bottom, macrophytes (vascular plants and macroalgae) may become the dominant producers.
Compounds
C1. Appositive, with sense ‘that is a producer and—’.
producer-exhibitor n.
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1920 Stage Year Bk. 52 It became increasingly certain, however, that the main body of exhibitors was opposed to the producer-exhibitor.
1949 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 16 May 7/2 The tight producer-exhibitor relationship in America means that a producer must displace one of his own films to show a British film.
1999 Variety (Nexis) 21 June 61 ‘Some 20 to 25 multi-screens, all less than 10 years old, will close by year-end 1999,’ says producer-exhibitor Primitivo Rodriguez.
producer-novelist n.
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1969 Listener 13 Feb. 219/2 The producer-novelist David Thomson gave us a good example in From Oblivion to Obscurity (Third Programme), by another novelist, with previous radio successes, F. C. Ball.
1999 Newsday (Nexis) 17 Sept. b47 Sunday's premiere hour from producer-novelist Barbara Hall..neatly traces the behavioral patterns that ultimately direct our lives.
producer-retailer n.
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1926 J. D. Black Introd. Production Econ. xxiv. 650 The producer-retailer might load his produce in a wagon and peddle it from house to house.
1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 5 Jan. 87/2 Producer-retailers with over 50 head of poultry will again be required to contribute ¼d per dozen.
1994 Managem. Sci. 40 999/2 A major New York fashion producer-retailer that designs, produces.., and sells fashion apparel through its own line of retail outlets.
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Producer Choice n. British Television (also with lower-case initials) a policy of the BBC, instituted under John Birt (Director-General 1992–2000) in 1993, which gives programme makers control over their budgets, allowing them to purchase services from other departments, or from outside the Corporation.
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1991 Times 30 Oct. 13/1 From April 1993 Television in the BBC will be organised on the basis of a system we are calling Producer Choice... Studios, outside broadcasts, graphics and film departments..will compete for business..from BBC producers.
2000 J. Caughie Television Drama vi. 173 The process within BBC drama before the days of the internal market and producer choice may indeed have been fertile ground for creative freedom, but they may also have lacked the creative discipline which Potter's work needed.
producer goods n. goods used in the manufacture of other goods; opposed to consumer goods.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > [noun] > used to make something else
producer goods1932
1932 G. Frank Thunder & Dawn xii. 382 A too great concentration of wealth means money in the hands of those who will invest it in producer goods. A wide distribution of wealth means money in the hands of those who will invest it in consumer goods.
1951 Manch. Guardian 14 May 4/2 It is, of course, extremely difficult to give a coherent picture when you are showing objects..that include producer goods, consumer goods, and transport.
1993 J. Kay Found. Corporate Success v. xvi. 254 Advertised commodities are generally consumer goods, not producer goods.
producer gas n. gas produced by a producer (sense 3), used as a low-grade but inexpensive fuel and consisting chiefly of nitrogen and carbon monoxide with smaller amounts of hydrogen and carbon dioxide.
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > chemical fuel > [noun] > gaseous, vaporous, or vaporized
oxyhydrogen1823
acetylene1860
isobutane1876
albo-carbon1878
mixture1878
producer gas1883
astatki1885
hydrazine1887
oxy-gas1900
oxyacetylene1907
suction gas1907
propane gas1930
oxy-propane1963
oxy-fuel1967
syngas1975
autogas1982
1883 Times 12 May 8/6 The heating power of water gas seemed one half, but..for simplicity in using it when made it was far superior to producer gas, and more easily managed.
1938 R. Hum Chem. for Engin. Students x. 203 In many cases where producer gas is employed, however, the large amount of heat liberated in the producer represents a serious waste.
2000 New Scientist 19 Aug. 97/1 Producer gas is still used in many industrial furnaces.
producer-oriented adj. directed toward or favouring producers of goods rather than consumers.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > management of national resources > [adjective] > of or relating to specific policies or actions
imperial1726
co-operative1821
protectionist1844
inflationist1876
rational1915
deflationist1921
rationalist1942
producer-oriented1946
redistributionist1949
substantivist1956
supply side1957
demand-pull1958
tax-and-spend1960
stop-and-go1961
stop-go1962
go-stop1964
supply-driven1973
demand-side1975
supply side1976
demand-driven1980
1946 E. S. Mason Controlling World Trade 6 The regulation of international trade by cartels and producer-oriented commodity agreements may be extensive.
1964 M. McLuhan Understanding Media (1967) ii. xxxi. 333 Nearly all of our technologies since Gutenberg have been..not producer-oriented, but consumer-oriented.
1992 College & Res. Libraries News Feb. 99/2 The processes were defined as diffusion-, mission- or producer-oriented.
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producer-in-chief n. a producer with ultimate responsibility for a process or production.
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1906 Times 1 Feb. 5/5 The Public is the producer in chief of theatrical entertainment that is intended to please the Public.
1918 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 4 June 9/1 His producer in chief, William Fox, has a mind which automatically places each of his stars in a particular groove and keeps them there.
1939 M. Spring Rice Working-class Wives i. 13 Men..are the recognised producers-in-chief.
1976 S. Wales Echo 23 Nov. 6/6 He is also producer-in-chief of a series of plays for Granada which will be shown in Britain.
2004 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 21 Nov. 76 With Steve Lillywhite returning as producer-in-chief, even the quieter songs end up as epics, and you may be left gasping for less.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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