manufacturer
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3.1
- noun
- /ˌmæn.jəˈfæk.tʃər.ər/
:
fabricante
- The largest private employers include manufacturers of work clothing, wood products, and mineral sand.
- product manufacturer
- car manufacturers
- manufacturers and distributors
This is how contract manufacturers make more money.
- This is how contract manufacturers make more money.
- I want to know who's the manufacturer because this shocked me.
- Sounds like it's a problem with the food manufacturer.
- I work in sales for a large switch and router manufacturer.
- Not to say that other tool manufacturers aren't just that.
- And you know, the, the, the weapons manufacturers make more money.
- Listen, brands, manufacturers, please listen to me now.
- But this now these manufacturers are going right, screw you guys.
- And funny enough, I met an amazing manufacturer like a week ago.
- So this was on the how do manufacturers feel that mining video?
Examples
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Unfortunately, the five major U.S. tire manufacturers... no longer cover their tires against road hazards.
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The EU offers a wide array of benefits for EV manufacturers and buyers.
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And funny enough, I met an amazing manufacturer like a week ago.
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The Chinese have become the manufacturer of the world.
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This is how contract manufacturers make more money.
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Now, I realize other manufacturers have caught up.
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The process starts with a dialogue between the manufacturer and the customer.
Academic text (2011) -
Lenovo is the biggest PC manufacturer in the world.
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Recent rulings by the federal government require manufacturers to back their advertising claims with statistics.
Academic text (1990) -
Lenovo is the biggest manufacturer of PCs in the world.
Synonyms
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1.6
A person or company that creates things such as cars and furniture
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2.7
Someone or something that makes goods to sell
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3.5
A company that makes things using machines and workers
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4.8
A person or company that makes metal parts and computer chips
Compounds
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Morphology
manufacturer = manufacture (transparent) = manufacture + er
Standard agentive formation: '-er' attaches to the verb 'manufacture' to denote a person or company that manufactures.
Etymology
Manufacturer comes from Latin parts manu- meaning 'hand' and -fact- meaning 'make', the same roots you see in manual ('hand') and factory ('a place that makes things'). So a manufacturer is a person or company that 'makes' products, originally by hand and now often in large amounts.