Noun

(en noun)

(economics) An individual or organization that creates goods and services.

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One who produces an artistic production like a CD, a theater production, a film, a TV program and so on.

(biology) An organism that produces complex organic compounds from simple molecules and an external source of energy.

(UK, slang) An arrest for speeding after which the driver is allowed seven days in which to produce his/her driving licence and related documents at a police station.

(archaic) A furnace for producing combustible gas for fuel.

Noun

(en noun)

Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.

(usually, capitalized and preceded by the) God.

A poet.

* 2000 , , The Book of Prefaces , Bloomsbury 2002, p. 9:

It is refreshing to read how makers find great allies in the past to help them tackle the present. It helps us to see that literature is a conversation across boundaries of nation, century and language.

(obsolete, legal) Someone who signs a cheque or promissory note, thereby becoming responsible for payment.