producer

A person or organisation that makes goods or provides services for sale.

• This farm is a major milk producer.
• Local producers sell their goods at the market.
• The country is one of the largest coffee producers.

Similar words: manufacturer, maker

Opposites: consumer

Common phrases: oil producer, wine producer, major producer

A living thing, usually a plant, that makes its own food and feeds other living things.

• Grass is a producer in this food chain.
• Algae are important producers in lakes.
• Most producers use sunlight to make food.

Similar words: autotroph

Opposites: consumer

Common phrases: primary producer, producer organism, aquatic producer

A police notice requiring a driver to bring their driving documents to a police station within a deadline.

• The officer gave me a producer.
• He took his licence to the station after receiving a producer.
• She got a producer because her insurance documents were at home.

Common phrases: get a producer, issue a producer, police producer