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Webster 1913 Edition

Provider

Pro-vid′er

,

Noun.

One who provides, furnishes, or supplies; one who procures what is wanted.

Webster 1828 Edition

Provider

PROVI'DER

,

Noun.

One who provides, furnishes or supplies; one that procures what is wanted.

Definition 2024

provider

provider

English

Noun

provider ‎(plural providers)

One who, or that which, provides a service, commodity, or the means for subsistence.

Derived terms

Internet service provider
health care service provider

Translations

provider

Czech: poskytovatel (cs) m
Dutch: verlener (nl) m
Finnish: tuottaja (fi)
French: fournisseur (fr) m
German: Versorger m
Greek: προμηθευτής (el) m ‎(promitheftís), παροχέας (el) m ‎(parochéas)
Italian: fornitore (it) m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tilbyder m, leverandør (no) m, forsørger m

Portuguese: fornecedor (pt) m
Russian: прова́йдер (ru) ‎(provájdɛr), (supplier) поставщи́к (ru) m ‎(postavščík)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: снабдевач m

Roman: snabdevač m
Spanish: suministrador m, proveedor (es)
Turkish: sağlayıcı (tr)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English provider.

Noun

provider m ‎(invariable)

(Internet) provider (Internet service provider)
(rare) provider

Synonyms

(provider): fornitore