Noun

(en noun)

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

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, title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 citation , passage=But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers , and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.}}

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)

One who supplies; a provider.

* {{quote-magazine, title=An internet of airborne things, date=2012-12-01, volume=405, issue=8813, page=3 (Technology Quarterly), magazine= citation

, passage=A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.}}

(soccer) Someone who assists (sets up) a goal.

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, year=2011 , date=January 16 , author=Saj Chowdhury , title=Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Regular supplier Barton played in another teasing corner, which was headed on towards goal by the impressive Ameobi and flicked in by expert poacher Nolan.}}