provider

provider: provider pro‧vid‧er [prəˈvaɪdə ǁ -ər] noun [countable]

1. COMMERCE an organization that provides goods or services:

• a provider of engineering and design services

• hospitals, nursing homes and other health-care providers

• the long-distance telephone services provider

ˌInternet ˈService Proˌvider abbreviation ISP also service provider

COMPUTING COMMERCE a company that provides the technical services that allow people to use the Internet:

• Hooking up a connection through a local Internet Service Provider is easy.

2. an adult who supports their family with his or her income:

• A widow, she is the sole provider (= the only one ) for her family.

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provider UK US /prəˈvaɪdə^r/ noun [C]

► a company or organization that sells a particular type of product or service: provider of sth »The energy group is the biggest provider of wind farms in the UK.
the leading/largest/biggest provider (of sth) »The French firm is one of the leading providers of outdoor advertising space.
»a healthcare/energy/telecoms provider
»a mortgage/insurance/pension provider

► (also internet service provider, also service provider) INTERNET, IT a company that provides internet connections and services: »They are the largest cable-based provider outside the US with 300,000 subscribers.
»a broadband/internet/online provider

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Provider — (deutsch [pʁoˈvaɪdɐ], englisch [pɹəˈvaɪdə(ɹ)]; von lateinisch providere – ‚voraussehen‘, ‚versorgen‘) bezeichnet: Data Provider, eine Software Komponente, die den Datenbankzugriff kapselt Fairchild C 123 „Provider“, 2 motoriges… … Deutsch Wikipedia
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Provider — Pro*vid er, n. One who provides, furnishes, or supplies; one who procures what is wanted. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
provider — index materialman, supplier Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
provider — (angl.) [pron. prováĭdăr] s. m., pl. provideri Trimis de gall, 30.07.2008. Sursa: DOOM 2 … Dicționar Român
provider — 1520s, agent noun from PROVIDE (Cf. provide) … Etymology dictionary
provider — (izg. provàjder) m DEFINICIJA int. tvrtka koja se bavi iznajmljivanjem veza s Internetom [koristiti se uslugama nekog providera] ETIMOLOGIJA engl … Hrvatski jezični portal
Provider — Lieferant; Anbieter; Versorger * * * Pro|vi|der 〈[ vaıdə(r)] m. 3〉 Anbieter, bes. von Onlinediensten (InternetProvider) [engl., eigtl. „Ernährer“] * * * Pro|vi|der [pro va̮idɐ ], der; s, [engl. provider, zu: to provide = liefern, bereitstellen]:… … Universal-Lexikon
Provider — Ein Provider stellt seinen Kunden Dienstleistungen für Kommunikation und Internet zur Verfügung. Internet Service Provider (ISP) stellen Ihren Clients den Zugang zum Internet bereit. Die technische Anbindung kann über Telefon, ISDN, ADSL,… … Online-Wörterbuch Deutsch-Lexikon
provider */ — UK [prəˈvaɪdə(r)] / US [prəˈvaɪdər] noun [countable] Word forms provider : singular provider plural providers 1) an organization or company that makes a service available to the public an Internet service provider 2) someone whose income pays for … English dictionary

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