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Definition: Producer |
ProducerNoun1. Someone who manufactures something. 2. Someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation of a show (play or film or program or similar work). 3. Something that produces; "Maine is a leading producer of potatoes" or "this microorganism is a producer of disease". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "producer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Fine Arts | One that supervises the production of a show (as for stage, screen or radio transmission). Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | Any natural or legal person or group therof who delivers raw tobacco produced by himself or by the members of the group to a processing undertaking in his or the group's own name and on his or its own account, under a cultivation contract concluded by him or in his name. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Strictly, any individual or firm engaged in harvesting saw logs, pulpwood or other forest produce. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Insurance | The manufacturer of a finished product, the producer of any raw material or the manufacturer of a component part and any person who, by putting his name, trade mark or other distinguishing feature on the product presents himself as its producer. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. Person who extracts ore or coal from mines, rock from quarries, metals from ore by metallurgical processes, etc. See also:production b. A producing well c. A furnace or apparatus that produces combustible gas to be used for fuel; usually of the updraft type, which forces or draws air or a mixture of air and steam through a layer of incandescent fuel (such as coke) with the resulting gas consisting chiefly of carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and nitrogen d. An organism (e.g., most plants) that can form new organic matter from inorganic matter such as carbon dioxide, water, and soluble salt. (references) |
Occupations | Plans and coordinates various aspects of radio, television, or cable television programs: Interviews and selects SCREEN WRITERS (motion picture; radio-tv broad.) 131.067-050 and cast principals from staff members or outside talent. Outlines program to be produced to SCREEN WRITERS (motion picture; radio-tv broad.) and evaluates finished script. Composes or edits program script to meet management or other requirements, using typewriter or computer terminal. Coordinates various aspects of production, such as audio work, scenes, music, timing, camera work, and script writing. Gives instructions to staff to schedule broadcast and to develop and coordinate details to obtain desired production. Reviews production to ensure objectives are attained. Views taped program to select scenes to be used for promotional purposes, using video equipment. Listens to audio tape recording to verify program, script, or sound effects conform to broadcast standards, using audio equipment. May obtain costumes, props, music, or other equipment or personnel to complete production. May represent television network, acting as liaison to independent producer of television series produced for network broadcast. May review budget and expenditures for programs or commercial productions for conformance to budgetary restrictions. May coordinate production details to produce live television programs from locations distant from station. May be designated according to level of responsibility and by type of show produced as Executive Producer (radio-tv broad.); or by type of media as Radio Producer (radio-tv broad.); Television Producer (radio-tv broad.). (references) |
| Selects play for stage performance, arranges finances, and coordinates play production activities: Reads manuscripts and selects play on basis of plot, timeliness, and quality of writing. Sells shares to investors to finance production. Hires DIRECTOR, STAGE (amuse. & rec.); MANAGER, STAGE (amuse. & rec.), cast, and crew. Formulates business management policies and coordinates production schedules. Suggests or approves changes in script and staging. Arbitrates personnel disputes. May direct production of play [DIRECTOR, STAGE (amuse. & rec.)]. May produce shows for special occasions, such as fund-raising events or testimonial banquets. (references) | |
| Coordinates activities of personnel engaged in writing, directing, editing, and producing motion pictures: Reviews synopses and scripts and directs adaptation for screen. Determines treatment and scope of proposed productions and establishes departmental operating budgets. Selects principal members of cast and key production staff members. Reviews filmed scenes of each day's shooting, orders retakes, and approves final editing of filmed productions. Conducts meetings with DIRECTOR, MOTION PICTURE (motion picture), SCREEN WRITER (motion picture; radio-tv broad.), and other staff members to discuss production progress and results. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Some producers are:
In music a producer is an individual who oversees a studio recording.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Producer."
Synonym: ProducerSynonym: manufacturer (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cause | Noun: cause, origin, source, principle, element; occasioner, prime mover, primum mobile; vera causa; author; (producer); mainspring; agent; leaven; groundwork, foundation; (support). |
Producer | Noun: producer, originator, inventor, author, founder, generator, mover, architect, creator, prime mover; maker; (agent); prime mover. |
The Drama | Producer, entrepreneur, impresario; backer, investor, angel. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You're a producer! Think of something! (Groundhog Day; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) I understand that you are a fillum producer. (The Mirror Crack'd; writing credit: Agatha Christie; Jonathan Hales) Then you need thirty consecutive days camera operation, a complete physical exam, the producer sends a letter, and you pay your fees. (The Wizard of Speed and Time; writing credit: Mike Jittlov) It's, when the, ah, movie producer realizes that Tom Hagen is an emissary of Vito Corleone. (You've Got Mail; writing credit: Nora Ephron) I'm still the executive producer of this show. (Sports Night; writing credit: Tom Brady; Kevin Falls) | |
Lyrics | With a producer who can rap and control the maestro (Nuthin But A "G" Thang; performing artist: Dr. Dre) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Perkin's Pep Producer (1915) Producer Bill Haywood (1915) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | A Missouri pork producer and his son take a break from sexing young pigs. Credit: Norm Klopfenstein. |  | Proper grazing use on an intensive grazing system in benton, Arkansas. The producer rotates cells every 3 weeks during the growing season. Credit: Jeff Vanuga. |
 | Sarpy Co terraces in the background enable producer to farm sloped farmland without creating soil erosion problems. Credit: Bob Nichols. |  | California producer, and Chu Yang (blue shirt), NRCS Soil Conservationist, Fresno, CA, discuss drip irrigation with a group of the original Hmoung farmers to the Central Valley of California. [Slide 97CS2979]. Credit: Bob Nichols. |
 | DC Rhonda Foster and Grasslands management Specialist Ralph Harris disucss intensive grazing rotations at a farm in Benton County, Georgia. The producer grazes his cattle on a 3 week rotation. Credit: Jeff Vanuga. |  | Carlos Rodriques (left), NRCS Resource Conservationist, and a sheep producer in Charlow, Mission Valley, MT, discuss range management. [Slide 97CS3030]. Credit: Bob Nichols. |
 | Herb Webb (left), NRCS Resource Conservationist, Flathead Indian Reservation Tribal Complex, Pablo, MT, and Joel Clairmont, tribal member, local extension agent, grain, hay, and cattle producer, discuss the quality of alfalfa he is about to bale. Clairmon. Credit: Bob Nichols. |  | Kevin Sites, (left), NRCS Resource Conservationist, Shelby, MT, discusses multiple range conservation practices, such as watering developments, pipelines, and fences. Producer is one of the first American Indian producers to enter a conservation program w. Credit: Bob Nichols. |
 | Thomas Calvert, NRCS Pasture Management Specialist (retired), and a sheep farmer in Armstrong County, PA, discuss pasture management practices on her farm. Calvert is a sheep producer and Earth Team Volunteer. [Slide 97CS3096]. Credit: Bob Nichols. |  | The old tree was a good producer. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Every man is a consumer and ought to be a producer. |
Thomas Carlyle | For man is not the creature and product of Mechanism; but, in a far truer sense, its creator and producer. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Some states now require refrigeration of eggs from the producer to the consumer. (references) | |
Business | NatSteel Limited is the only steel producer in Singapore. (references) | |
It is a very large producer and net exporter of food products. (references) | ||
Slov Avia is Slovakia's only producer of middle commercial vehicles. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Egypt | The Islamic Research Center expressed its objections in April to the script of a play entitled "Ali the Martyr" (about the death of the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed), which had been submitted by the play's producer. (references) |
Colombia | Journalist Hatem Dusaki, Cali television reporter Willy Maldonado Penaranda, television producer Jorge Rangel Rengifo, and Cali journalist Ricardo Varela all left the country during the year due to death threats or extortion attempts. (references) | |
Dominican Republic | In July the authorities detained Esteban Rosario, producer of the program "Detras de la Verdad" and accused him of sexually assaulting a minor. (references) | |
Economic History | Hungary | Hungary is a producer and exporter of poultry breeding stock and poultry. (references) |
Malaysia | Malaysia is also a significant producer of natural rubber, cocoa and tropical timber. (references) | |
Luxembourg | After the Luxembourg ARBED Group's 2001 merger with France's USINOR and Spain's ACERALIA, the resulting steel producer, temporarily christened "NEWCO" and headquartered in Luxembourg, is currently the world's largest, with a highly diversified product range and production sites in Luxembourg, Spain, France, Germany, Belgium, and the United States. (references) | |
Political Economy | Uzbekistan | It also is a major producer of gold and has substantial deposits of copper, strategic minerals, gas, and oil. (references) |
China | The country has large industrial and agricultural sectors and is a leading producer of coal, steel, textiles, and grains. (references) | |
ITALY | Producer price increases decelerated to four percent in the first half of 2001 and are expected to decelerate further in the second half of the year. (references) | |
Trade | Moldova | As for non-food items, labeling requirements are as follows: product name; country of manufacture; name and contact information for the producer, packaging company, exporter and/or importer; main product function or area of use; safety, storage, transportation and efficient use rules as well as repair, rehabilitation and disposal instructions; basic product characteristics; information about certification; net weight, dimensions and/or quantity; product ingredients; brand name; date of production; term of validity or period of functioning, including warranty period; bar code (if assigned); other information. (references) |
Tanzania | Availability of local financing is limited due to high interest rates and lower producer prices. (references) | |
Colombia | To carry out an export, the exporter must: 1) remit the proforma invoice; 2) obtain acceptance of conditions from the client (letter of credit, draft bill); 3) negotiate (through a local financial institution) the letter of credit/draft bill from the endorsing foreign bank; 4) present (to MINCOMEX) a form known as "Registration as National (local) Producer, Export Offer and Determination of Origin"; 5) present the certificate of origin (when necessary) with copy of the commercial invoice, and other certificates required by the country of destination (textile visa, phytosanitary certificates, etc.); and 6) complete and present the export declaration (ED) form, also known as shipping authorization of final export declaration, with all attachments as required. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Estonia | However, the EAKL has concluded framework agreements with producer associations, which provide the basis for specific labor agreements, including the setting of the minimum wage. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer. The Enemy of Human Souls Sat grieving at the cost of coals; For Hell had been annexed of late, And was a sovereign Southern State. "It were no more than right," said he, "That I should get my fuel free. The duty, neither just nor wise, Compels me to economize -- Whereby my broilers, every one, Are execrably underdone. What would they have? -- although I yearn To do them nicely to a turn, I can't afford an honest heat. This tariff makes even devils cheat! I'm ruined, and my humble trade All rascals may at will invade: Beneath my nose the public press Outdoes me in sulphureousness; The bar ingeniously applies To my undoing my own lies; My medicines the doctors use (Albeit vainly) to refuse To me my fair and rightful prey And keep their own in shape to pay; The preachers by example teach What, scorning to perform, I teach; And statesmen, aping me, all make More promises than they can break. Against such competition I Lift up a disregarded cry. Since all ignore my just complaint, By Hokey-Pokey! I'll turn saint!" Now, the Republicans, who all Are saints, began at once to bawl Against his competition; so There was a devil of a go! They locked horns with him, tete-a-tete In acrimonious debate, Till Democrats, forlorn and lone, Had hopes of coming by their own. That evil to avert, in haste The two belligerents embraced; But since 'twere wicked to relax A tittle of the Sacred Tax, 'Twas finally agreed to grant The bold Insurgent-protestant A bounty on each soul that fell Into his ineffectual Hell. Edam Smith |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Producer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.10% of the time. "Producer" is used about 1,733 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.1% | 1,700 | 4,933 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.9% | 33 | 60,273 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,733 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "producer": film producer ♦ index of producer prices ♦ motion picture producer ♦ oil producer countries ♦ producer gas ♦ producer gaz ♦ producer goods ♦ producer price index ♦ record producer ♦ supervising producer ♦ theatrical producer ♦ VAT invoiced by the producer ♦ VAT invoiced to the producer on intermediate inputs. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "producer": producer-consumer, producer-country, producer-director, producer-distributors, producer-entrepreneur, producer-entrepreneurs, producer-gas unit, producer-groups, producer-in-waiting, producer-manager, producer-oriented, producer-originated, producer-price, producer-subject. | |
Ending with "producer": co-producer. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "producer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | prodhues (generative, generator, manufacturer, productive), regjisor (coach, stage manager), gjenerator (dynamo, generator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | منتج (creator, fecund, fruitful, procreator, productive, prolific), مزارع (farmer, grower, planter), مخرج (cutter, director, exit, loophole, outlet, stage manager, way out), المنتج (creator, maker, reproducer), المخرج (stage director). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | собственик на киностудио, режисьор (director), газгенератор (gas-producer, gazogene), производител (generator, grower, maker), постановчик. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 製作者 , "产商. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | producent, výrobce (maker, manufacturer, Wright), režisér (director). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | producent (industrial forestal), instruktoer (director). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Producerende firma (industrial forestal), Producent (industrial forestal), voortbrenger, regisseur (stage-manager), realisator (director). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فراورگر, فراور (Productive), تولیدکننده (Genie, Productive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | valmistaja (maker, manufacturer), tuottaja (industrial forestal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | producteur, réalisateur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | hersteller (fabricant, fabricator, maker, manufacturer, production manager), regisseur (director, stage director, stage-manager), erzeuger (begetter, generators, grower, manufacturer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παραγωγός. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | יצרן (maker, manufacturer), בימאי (director, stage manager). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | termelõ (generative, growing, productive), gyártó (manufacturer), gyáros (captain of industry, factory owner, industrialist, maker, manufacturer, mill-owner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pembuat (bouncer, maker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | produttore, regista (director). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 製作者 (manufacturer), 興行主 (promoter, showman), ""者 (manufacturer), 座元 (theater proprietor), プロテスタント教会 (produce, producer system, protest, protest song, Protestant Church, protoactinium, protocol, proton, protoplast, prototype, prototyping), "出家 (director). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | プロデューサー , プロデューサ , ざもと (theater proprietor), せいさくしゃ (manufacturer), せいさ"しゃ (manufacturer), "うぎょうぬし (promoter, showman), え"しゅつか (director). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 연출가. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | jeantagh (doer, fabricator, maker, manufacturer, performer, practical), jantagh (achiever, active, active grammatical, actor, agent, manufacturer, performer, perpetrator), gienteyder. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oducerpray produtor (generative, grower, manufacturer, productive). (various references) producãtor (bearing, grower, maker, manufacturer), furnizor (caterer, contractor, furnisher, manufacturer, purveyor, tradesman), directorul filmului. (various references) moly ri (wine producer). (various references) производитель (manufacturer, procreator). (various references) proizvođač (generator, maker, manufacturer), producentski, producent (showman). (various references) productor (producing). (various references) producent. (various references) prodüktör, yetiştirici (cultivator, farmer, grower), yapımcı, yönetmen (director, manager), üretici (breeder, generative, grower, manufacturer, reproductive). (various references) газогенератор, власник кіностудії, виробник (generator, maker), продюсер. (various references) máy phát (generator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | effector, effector, effectrix. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "producer": producers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "producer": coproducer, hyperproducer, reproducer. (additional references) | |
Words containing "producer": coproducers, hyperproducers, reproducers. (additional references) | |
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"Producer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: perduci, probucol, procuce, producere, producery, prouce. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "producer" (pronounced pruduw"ser) |
| 5 | -u d uw" s er | seducer. |
| 4 | -d uw" s er | transducer. |
| 3 | -uw" s er | looser. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: procured. | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-o-p-r-r-u" | |
-1 letter: procure, produce, prouder. | |
-2 letters: corder, couped, croupe, cruder, curred, dorper, dourer, ordure, poured, pourer, purred, record, recoup, repour, rouped. | |
-3 letters: coder, coped, coper, cored, corer, coude, coupe, credo, crore, croup, crude, cruor, cured, curer, decor, doper, douce, drupe, duper, duroc, order, pedro, perdu, pored, proud, prude, purer, recur, repro, roped, roper, ruder, uredo. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-o-p-r-r-u" | |
+1 letter: corrupted, procedure, producers, reproduce. | |
+2 letters: coproducer, procedural, procedures, reproduced, reproducer, reproduces. | |
+3 letters: coproducers, incorrupted, overproduce, procedurals, reproducers, reproducing. | |
+4 letters: outreproduce, overproduced, overproduces, procedurally, reproducible, reproducibly, reproduction, reproductive. | |
+5 letters: hyperproducer, outreproduced, outreproduces, overproducing, perichondrium, preproduction, reproducibles, reproductions, reproductives, supercollider. | |
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