Provider

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Provider \Pro*vid"er\, n.
     One who provides, furnishes, or supplies; one who procures
     what is wanted.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  provider
       n 1: someone whose business is to supply a particular service or
            commodity [syn: {supplier}]
       2: someone who provides the means for subsistence

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "provider":
     caterer, chandler, commissariat, commissary, donor, furnisher,
     manciple, merchant, patron, provisioner, purveyor, quartermaster,
     retailer, steward, stock clerk, storekeeper, supplier, sutler,
     victualer, vivandier
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  provider
       
          {Internet Access Provider}