pro·vid·er

(prə-vī′dər)

1. One who supplies a means of subsistence: parents who were good providers.

2. One that makes something, such as a service, available: primary health care providers.

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pro•vid•er

(prəˈvaɪ dər)

n.

1. a person or thing that provides.

2. a person who supports a family or another person.

[1515–25]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	provider - someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity supplier black marketeer - someone who engages illegally in trade in scarce or controlled commodities bourgeois, businessperson - a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise caterer - someone who provides food and service (as for a party) connection - a supplier (especially of narcotics) dispenser - a person who dispenses distributer, distributor - someone who markets merchandise purveyor - someone who supplies provisions (especially food) recruiter - someone who supplies members or employees stockist - one (as a retailer or distributor) that stocks goods provisioner, sutler, victualer, victualler - a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army
	2.	provider - someone who provides the means for subsistence benefactor, helper - a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)

provider

noun

1. supplier, giver, source, donor, benefactor Japan is the largest provider of foreign aid in the world.

2. breadwinner, supporter, earner, mainstay, wage earner A husband's job is to be a good provider.

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Translations

poskytovatel

Provider

παροχέας πάροχος

proveedor

tuottaja

fournisseurfornitore

провайдер

provider

[prəˈvaɪdəʳ] N → proveedor(a) m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

provider

[prəˈvaɪdə^r] n

[goods, services] → fournisseur m
internet provider → fournisseur d'accès service provider

(in family) → soutien m (de famille)
sole provider
She is the sole provider for her family → Elle est seule à pourvoir aux besoins de sa famille.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

provider

(Econ) → Lieferant(in) m(f)

(Internet) → Provider m, → Anbieter m

(for family) → Ernährer(in) m(f)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

pro·vid·er

n. proveedor-a, abastecedor-a.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

provider

n proveedor -ra mf; health care — profesional mf sanitario, proveedor -ra mf de salud

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