provider

pro·vid·er

 (prə-vī′dər)

n.

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]

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Thesaurus

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)

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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

παροχέαςπάροχος

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

n

(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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