noun

• (economics) An individual or organization that creates goods and services.
• One who produces an artistic production, such as an album, a theater production, a film, a TV program, a video game, and so on.
• (biology) An organism that produces complex organic compounds from simple molecules and an external source of energy.
• (UK, Ireland, slang) An arrest for speeding after which the driver is allowed seven (in the UK) or ten (in Ireland) days to produce his/her driving licence and related documents at a police station.
• (archaic) A furnace for producing combustible gas for fuel.