providernoun [ C ]
uk/prəˈvaɪ.dər/us/prəˈvaɪ.dɚ/C1 someone who provides something:
an internet service provider
The bank is now a major provider of financial services to industry.
Until her illness, she was the main provider (= earned most of the money) in the family.
More examples
- the UK's largest internet access provider
- The company is the largest provider of employment in the town.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Giving, providing and supplying
- accommodate
- accord
- administer
- administration
- assignment
- award
- deliver
- go round (somewhere)
- hand sth around
- hand sth back
- hand sth in
- hand sth out
- invest
- lay
- spare
- step
- step forward
- supplier
- supply
- supply chain
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