PRODUCER


Meaning of PRODUCER in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a film producer (= someone who controls the preparation of a film )

British film producer Alexander Korda decided to make a movie about Vienna.

a movie producer

He started out as an actor, then became a movie producer.

a television producer

a BBC television producer

an oil producer (= a country which produces oil )

The Soviet Union is the world's largest oil producer.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

big

In bulk output, Great Britain was outstandingly the biggest producer of textiles, for example.

Moreover, they saw their primary source of leverage-financial rewards-as less effective with the big producer .

He's one of the area's biggest producers .

I kept looking for a big win, picking the right stock, stealing a big producer from the competition.

These are the big , efficient producers who need less protection against price cuts.

Today, hour-long local news shows are the rule not the exception and rank among the stations' biggest revenue producers .

Some of our biggest producers were there.

In fact, despite the dismal fundamentals, some of the biggest petroleum producers will record double-digit percentage increases in spending.

domestic

There are three ways in which competition policy might be used to promote the interests of domestic producers .

The Sparta plant-Hanes's highest-cost domestic producer in 1985-is now Hanes' lowest-cost domestic producer.

A second method of promoting the interests of domestic producers is by permitting them to enter into collaborations of various kinds.

The Sparta plant-Hanes's highest-cost domestic producer in 1985-is now Hanes' lowest-cost domestic producer.

When tariffs on imports are low and transport costs are moderate, domestic producers may face severe international competition.

Although domestic auto producers may not be enamored of it, it is good for consumers.

Foreign competition provides consumers with a greater variety of goods and it forces domestic producers to be more efficient than otherwise.

executive

Its creator and executive producer is, perhaps surprisingly, David Jacobs.

Robert Altman is one of its executive producers .

When Kylie first got involved in the film, rock megastar David Bowie was to have been the film's executive producer .

The executive producer is responsible for the overall product.

Some are here as first-time directors, others as executive producers of films showing in the festival.

Pat McMillen, show secretary in 1967 and now executive producer , has been warming up the audience for 29 years.

independent

Twenty years later Channel Four, originally conceived as a publishing house for independent producers , succumbed to the same institutional pressures.

Just how tough it could be for the independent producer is evident from the history of Minerva Films.

He was more instrumental than any other independent producer in breaking the stranglehold of the major studios.

One thing is for certain - the role of the independent producer is secured.

The larger ones hope to soldier on as independent producers .

The switch to waged work of previously independent producers also increased union membership.

Do regional broadcasters need regionally based independent producers and do regionally based producers need regional broadcasters?

large

An example is Volvo Penta, a large producer of diesel engines for marine purposes.

Copper production is expected to rise amid expansions at mines owned by Codelco, Phelps Dodge and other large producers .

Although technical monopoly may be a rarity, as already noted markets are commonly dominated by a small number of large producers .

While other larger steel producers had struggled and often failed against foreign competition, Nucor succeeded.

local

Soon he will talk to local producers about taking a share, but for the moment he is holding them off.

National industry status is used to protect local producers from a sudden surge of imports.

The local programme producers cover a wide range of subjects affecting the daily life of the community.

The local producer may lack the competitive advantages to market the indigenously made product internationally.

But local producers have lesser reputations and command lower export prices.

The developing countries are pressed to eliminate trade barriers, which can lead to local producers being undermined by cheaper imports.

Elsewhere, it was not Vikings but local producers and traders and lords who made and benefited from the growth of markets.

The Primeurs division of Fournier, based in Avignon, has been sold to local producer Gattini.

major

The region is still a major producer of tin.

Status: Intergovernmental organization of 13 major oil producers .

And the overlap could be especially acute in this deal, because both companies are major producers of missiles and radar.

It is one of the leading beverage companies in the world, and a major international producer of spirits and beer.

In 1973 and 1974 this price rise fed through to contracts between major producers and users.

Amstrad, a major producer of satellite dishes, dipped 1p to 32p on competition fears.

other

The agreement will also restrict competition by limiting the selling opportunities of other producers of the components subject to the exclusive purchasing commitment.

Any presenters or other Radio I producers who want to contribute are welcome.

Access to software must be regulated so that the software of one producer is protected from all other unauthorised producers.

Wimpey and the other opencast producers are fighting this, but you have to do your part.

Strong gains came from other oil producers too, including Texaco, Chevron and Occidental.

The Joint Venture and other gas producers in this area have the opportunity to participate in each package of contracts.

He looked around him at the other producers and researchers.

record

By now MacColl was married to the record producer Steve Lillywhite, who was quick to harness her talents.

Records executives, her manager and record producers .

small

But for the small producers: their involvement in the organisational apparatus is primarily made possible through the sphere of circulation.

These small producers do not have a monopoly on quality and value, however.

Second, by concentrating compensation on very small producers it discriminates against our structure.

She has offered her plight as an example of what is happening to many small producers .

Unemployment soared, and many small producers of cash crops went bankrupt.

The answer seemed to point to substantial cuts in price support together with a better re-distribution of budget towards smaller producers .

Is there a future for the small producer , or have the big boys take the market?

The smallest coffee producers , mostly sub-Saharan countries, are at the sharp end of fluctuations in price.

■ NOUN

coffee

The smallest coffee producers , mostly sub-Saharan countries, are at the sharp end of fluctuations in price.

Nevertheless, there are reports Costa Rica will ask coffee producers to suspend exports temporarily to shore up prices.

film

It would be a film producer , an electronics company, a retailing outfit and a publishing house.

Is there really any connection between Leonardo and Columbus apart from the sort imagined by flatulent film producers ?

Inspired by those ten minutes in Bullitt, film producers even tried extending the car chase to fill the whole film.

The film producer Sam Goldwyn was informed that an actress contracted to his studio had had a baby.

And Mellor willingly accepted her lavish hospitality - even though he was Arts Minister at the time and she was a film producer .

Can this tightly-controlled society churn out inspired film producers ?

He replaces film producer David Putnam who is standing down after seven years in the position.

food

From the time of Walpole they developed into a system of encouraging home manufactures and food producers while disadvantaging competitors.

Y., a specialty foods producer whose line of six flavored mustards is just a few weeks into production.

White farms are key food producers and the source of tobacco, a crucial export crop.

Some of those diets were the result of a mutually beneficial alliance between physicians and food producers .

We need more support from food producers and retailers.

Why are they seduced by the marketing of the fast food producers ?

Weight fixing Most foods may be packed in any weight the food producer chooses.

gas

A wooden disc box from Supplier Action: not a greenhouse gas producer and not made from tropical hardwood.

The Joint Venture and other gas producers in this area have the opportunity to participate in each package of contracts.

Energy conservation and environmental pressures are rightly being placed on oil and gas producers in the North sea.

movie

Scores of movie producers , co-stars and fans go gaga over the pretty-baby pout of Sridevi.

The great movie producer , Sam Spiegel, was interviewing a few trust and estate lawyers to handle his will.

In the midst of despair the movie producers drifted amongst other things into a new realism.

Traditional publishers and movie producers are rushing to create content for delivery.

Dunaway next year will assume the role of movie producer .

oil

It can not be excluded from regional security arrangements if stability is to be achieved in oil flows from Gulf oil producers .

Status: Intergovernmental organization of 13 major oil producers .

These estimates confirm that the United Kingdom will remain an important oil producer .

Is not the position that the United Kingdom will remain a very substantial oil producer until well into the next century?

Strong gains came from other oil producers too, including Texaco, Chevron and Occidental.

price

Trade was also cautious ahead of today's economic data, notably December retail sales and producer prices .

Release of the producer price index and consumer price indexes will follow, she said.

Mr. Ashby Has my right hon. Friend seen the good producer price figures issued today?

The Prime Minister I saw the producer price figures issued this morning, and they are good news.

Meanwhile, there was scarce evidence of inflation as producer prices showed no change from November to December.

Bond-buyers have been spooked by rising inflation, most recently by April's 0.4% rise in core producer prices .

We have had some excellent producer prices figures.

The endowments and behaviour of households are taken as given, as are all pre-tax factor prices and producer prices.

television

The editors and television producers have all changed; even the publishers are different now.

It was the first opportunity for the second-term congressman and former television producer to address a national political convention.

The work carried out is in demand from film and television producers .

Whether the tapes are used depends upon the broadcasting and television producers .

■ VERB

lead

The United States, the leading producer of genetically altered food, had resisted the regulations.

Autocatalysts Johnson Matthey is the worlds leading producer of autocatalysts, supplying more than one third of total world demand.

The developing countries are pressed to eliminate trade barriers, which can lead to local producers being undermined by cheaper imports.

Commercial organisations such as Wartsila, a leading producer of diesel power plants, have already begun using the software.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Japan is the biggest producer of stereo equipment.

Many producers are being forced to cut costs and use cheaper materials.

OPEC is an organization of 13 major oil producers.

record producer Michael Fine

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But the producers who sent the material regarded it as waste and paid for it to be taken off their hands.

In such circumstances, the defence will not, of course, be available to the producer of the larger product. 6.

Indeed, the reason you need talented and well-trained people is so they can be producers, not just processors.

It turns out the producer had bought the book for his son and saw the letter.

One thing is for certain - the role of the independent producer is secured.

Release of the producer price index and consumer price indexes will follow, she said.

Shoot the producer of that one.

This radically affected the position of the writer, the scholar and the artist as producers.

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