provider

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pro·vid·er /prəˈvaɪdə $ -ər/ noun [countableC]

1 a company or person that provides a service 供應商，供應者

an Internet service provider

因特網服務供應商

2 GIVEPAY FORsomeone who supports a family 供養家庭的人

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

作爲寡婦，她是家裏唯一養家糊口的人。

Examples from the Corpus

provider• It helped her not to dwell on negatives and improved her role as a provider.• Negotiations between particular TECs and providers must be a matter for those TECs and providers.• day-care providers• This often happens when independent organizations seek to make sense of different providers offering the same service.• schools, colleges and other education providers• a leading provider of personal financial services• Crompton offers several different case studies where charges of unfair competition are made by the commercial sector provider against the government agency.• The company is now one of the regions main Internet service providers.• What more would local leaders and social service providers like to see done to reduce the ominous numbers?• Currently highways authorities and main services providers are allowed to cause chaos by digging up roads whenever and wherever they wish.• But critics say that small providers are often overcome by their own success.

From Longman Business Dictionary

providerpro·vid·er /prəˈvaɪdə-ər/ noun [countableC]

1COMMERCEan organization that provides goods or services

a provider of engineering and design services

hospitals, nursing homes and other health-care providers

the long-distancetelephone services provider

2an 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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