单词 | supplier |
释义 | suppliern. Originally Scottish. 1. a. A person who or organization (or occasionally a thing) which provides something needed, esp. a commodity, or necessary goods and equipment. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > provider or supplier purveyor1340 supplier1384 purveyoressc1400 providerc1485 suppeditator1542 furnisher1611 subministrator1625 sitarch1656 caterer1706 1384 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1844) I. 350/1 Supplearis of thame of Roxburgh or Berwic or ony vthir of the merchearis of Inglande with hors..vittalis..or ony vthir gudis. 1605 W. Temple Logicall Anal. 20 Select Psalmes 20 The Lord is the portion of his inheritance and of his cup: that is, the author and supplier vnto him of all comfort and blessednes both for this and the future life. a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) §202 211 Dartmore, our daily supplier. 1711 W. Whiston Primitive Christianity Reviv'd II. viii. §lxvi The Creator of the Waters, and the Supplier of Oil. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 440 Brundusium..was the great supplier of oysters for the Roman tables. 1827 Examiner 99/1 The suppliers of intellectual gratification. 1858 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem II. lxxvi. 28 To reduce Asia to be the supplier of the European slave-market. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 665 Van Huytemers and Peters are the two great suppliers of the gin that goes to West Africa. 1907 M. J. P. O'Gorman Motor Pocket Bk. (ed. 2) 463 You cannot have too many spares, though the supplier will tell you the contrary. 1944 R. V. Boughton in R. Greenhalgh Pract. Builder xii. 378/2 Whatever method is adopted by suppliers of materials it is absolutely essential for the estimator to be completely up to date with prices. 1990 Nat. World Spring 47 (advt.) Suppliers of microscopes and stereomicroscopes for the student and the naturalist. 2010 Private Eye 30 Apr. 13/3 Encouraging employees, suppliers and clients to take small, achievable steps. b. An apparatus or instrument used for supplying something, esp. as part of a larger apparatus or more complex process. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > feeders or suppliers feeder1669 injector1744 hopper1763 supplier1823 header1867 sight feed1888 filter feed1901 feed-box1902 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 147 A kind of funnel-shaped supplier. 1864 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1862: Arts & Manuf. I. 692 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (37th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 52) X The clasp-carrier is so constructed and combined with the clasp-supplier that it not only carries the clasp, but also forms a gate which prevents the escape of clasps from the clasp-supplier. 1912 Mining Sci. Feb. 133/1 Forward of each well is a cross-extending, perforated air-conducting pipe..which in practice would be connected with a compressed air supplier. 1992 Ann. Rep. Taiwan Sugar Res. Instit. 28/2 The main characteristics of the simple nutriculture box is the design of wick-type supplier made of very good transfusion material. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [noun] > that which or one who helps or means of help > a helper helpend971 recurera1382 undertaker1382 bootc1420 profitera1425 suffrage1445 supplier1456 aidant1477 aider1483 adjutor1531 benefactor1532 assistant?1541 servant1562 aid1569 adjument1576 adjuvant1583 familiar1583 adjoint1603 opitulator1624 adjutator1832 1456 in Bannatyne Misc. (1855) III. 97 [The Earl of Ross] beand gud lord, manteynar, supplear, and defender to my barnes executoris and assigneys. 1525 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 418 Togither with yair part takaris, assistaris, supplearis. 1586 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. IV. 71 Ressavaris, supplearis and intercommonaris with the Kingis rebellis. 1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 69 His neighbour Princes will censure his ambition, and rather be spectators of his successes, then be supplyers. 1702 T. Green Narr. Life 10 The Supplier of me, in whom I now alone trust. 1771 J. Entick New Lat. & Eng. Dict. Copia, -æ,..Meton, an assistant, a supplier, an helper. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > [noun] > a substitute changec1460 supplier1491 quid pro quo?1535 supply1567 vicegerent1583 substitute1589 vice1597 succedane1601 surrogate1644 succedaneum1651 succedaneum1662 vicar1676 superseder?1774 supersessor1810 locum tenens1814 supplial1837 remplaçant1850 fill-in1918 Stepney1928 stand-in1933 substituter1956 1491 in J. Cooper Cartularium Eccl. St. Nicholai Aberdonensis (1888) I. 255 Ilkane chaplane writin to ye haly blude mess..falzeande in ye doinge of thame sal pay iiii d to ye supplear. 4. A person who (or occasionally thing which) makes up or compensates for a deficiency, defect, etc., or satisfies a need. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [noun] > by supplying what is wanting > one who or that which supplies what is wanted supplier1574 supplementer1644 suppletory1647 supplementor1697 makeweight1750 adjunctive1755 expletivea1878 add-on1930 1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. St. Paule to Galathians v. f. 232v Now then if we say that we win Gods fauor by our own deserts, and that Iesus Christ is but a supplyer of wants? 1607 G. Chapman Bussy D'Ambois ii. 18 All vaunt themselues, Law-menders and suppliers. 1733 T. Stackhouse New Hist. Bible I. v. v. 734/2 Saul might set up for..a Supplier of the Default of Joshua. 1793 L. Booker Serm. ix. 149 He is the Object of their united Affection, and the supplier of their Wants. 1898 E. C. Parham & J. C. Shedd Shop & Road Testing of Dynamos & Motors x. 342 Even the loss of a belt does not permanently relieve matters (except in special cases where the belt drives a loss supplier), for the two armatures are still electrically connected. 1912 A. R. Gray Introd. Study Christian Apologetics i. ii. 17 The miraculous supplier of human needs. 1964 R. M. Wilson tr. Acts Thomas in W. Schneelmacher & R. M. Wilson New Test. Apocrypha II. 522 Thou who art the light of my poverty and supplier of my deficiencies and nourisher of my need. 2001 D. Glassberg Sense of Hist. v. 113 In the early stages of life infants take the mother for granted as a supplier of needs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1384 |
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