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单词 supplier
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suppliern.

Brit. /səˈplʌɪə/, U.S. /səˈplaɪ(ə)r/, Scottish English /səˈplaɪr/
Forms: 1500s–1600s supplyer, 1600s– supplier; Scottish pre-1700 suplear, pre-1700 supplear.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: supply v.1, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < supply v.1 + -er suffix1.
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.
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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.
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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.
2. A person who gives help, support, or assistance to another. Obsolete.
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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.
3. A person who carries out another's duties; a substitute. Obsolete.
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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.
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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).
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