producer
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- noun
- /prəˈduːsər/
- In some periods, these mines were among the world's largest producers of lead and silver.
- agricultural producers
- oil producers
- producers and consumers
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- They're going to become one of the top drone producers in the world.
Examples
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Egypt is the largest rice producer in the Middle East.
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the US is the world's largest producer of maize, what Americans call corn.
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Consumers want more gas than producers are willing to supply.
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The information highway currently provides producers and consumers with more market information than ever before.
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A growing number of educational producers are developing applications across the curriculum.
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Yeah, dude, this guy's a big time movie producer.
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I've been talking to a number of record producers about Aretha.
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Egypt is the largest producer of rice in the Middle East.
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The US is the world's largest producer of maize, what Americans call corn.
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Iowa, obviously being the number-one egg producer, represents roughly 9 percent of overall egg production.
Synonyms
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A person or company that creates things such as cars and furniture
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A company or person that makes many products, often with machines
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A person or thing that produces a large amount of something
Compounds
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A number that shows changes in prices companies that make things get when they sell to shops or other businesses
- Archaic
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A fuel gas formed when air passes over hot coal that can power engines or furnaces
How Productive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Producer comes from the Latin parts pro- 'forward' and ducere 'to lead', the same root behind product. So a goods producer is someone or a company that 'brings goods forward' to sell, like farmers or factories.