production

noun

• 1the action of making or manufacturing from components or raw materials, or the process of being so manufactured:the production of chemical weapons it is no longer in production
• the harvesting or refinement of something natural:nonintensive methods of food production
• the total amount of something that is manufactured, harvested, or refined:steel production had peaked in 1974
• the creation or formation of something as part of a physical, biological, or chemical process:excess production of collagen by the liver
• [as modifier] denoting a car or other vehicle that has been manufactured in large numbers.

• 2the process of or financial and administrative management involved in making a movie, play, or record:the movie was still in production [as modifier]:a production company
• a movie, play, or record, especially when viewed in terms of its making or staging:this production updates the play and sets it in the sixties
• [in singular] the overall sound of a musical recording; the way a record is produced:the record’s production is gloriously relaxed