Dictionary

provider en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /pɹəˈvɑe.də(ɹ)/ (Australia)
• /pɹəˈvaɪ.dɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
• /pɹəˈvaɪ.də(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [pɹəˈvɑe̯.də(ɹ)] (New-Zealand)
• audio Maryland

Etymology

From provide + -er. Since 15th century.

Meanings

1. One who, or that which, provides a service, commodity, or the means for subsistence.
   • A part of the nervousness at Chelsea involves whether any more sponsors will follow the telecommunications and internet service provider Three in withdrawing support, at least temporarily. 2022 March 11, David Hytner, “Chelsea are in crisis but there is no will to leave club on their knees”, in The Guardian:
   • In view of this, it is clear why internet service providers (ISPs) are inclined to play a backbench role when it comes to combating file sharing. 2012, S. Allegrezza, A. Dubrocard, Internet Econometrics, →ISBN:
   • Using BLE, a merchant or other provider can define more targeted "micro-locations" to trigger an alert, in some cases requiring that you be in the presence of an iBeacon in order to validate a Passbook entry. 2013 June 19, Daniel Eran Dilger, “Inside iOS 7: iBeacons enhance apps' location awareness via Bluetooth LE”, in Apple Insider:
   • Both switching costs and network effects tend to lead to enshittification because platform providers see early adopters as an investment in future profits. 2023 March 3, Tim Harford, “The enshittification of apps is real. But is it bad?”, in Financial Times, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2023:
   • Even if policy shifts resources away from hard investment and back into social spending, the "Floridization" of Chinese demographics will intensify the shortage of healthcare provision over the next decade, worsening the frayed contract between patients, providers, and the government. 2013 September 14, Damien Ma, William Adams, “Welfare: Socialism with Chinese … Actually No, Not Socialism at All”, in In Line Behind a Billion People: How Scarcity Will Define China’s Ascent in the Next Decade, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: FT Press, →ISBN, part II (Social Scarcity), page 103:

Forms

Deriveds

identity provider · digital service provider · internet service provider · multiprovider · health care service provider · lease provider · sole provider · Internet service provider · lion's provider · network provider · providership · liquidity provider · preferred provider · fuel provider · web provider · service provider

Relateds

purveyor · provisioner

Translations (49)

nb forsørger (provider) · la praebitor (provider) · uk прова́йдер (provider) · fr fournisseur (provider) · uk постача́льниця (provider) · mk издржувач (provider) · hu szolgáltató (provider) · es proveedor (provider) · sh snabdevač (provider) · hi प्रदाता (provider) · it fornitore (provider) · ru поставщи́к (provider) · ru прова́йдер (provider) · de Versorgerin (provider) · pt fornecedor (provider) · es suministrador (provider) · pl dostarczycielka (provider) · ru поставщи́ца (provider) · el προμηθευτής (provider) · hi दाता (provider) · mk доставувач (provider) · af aanbieder (provider) · pl dostarczyciel (provider) · la provisor (provider) · de Dienstleister (provider) · mr पुरवणारी (provider) · pl dostawca (provider) · nb leverandør (provider) · tr sağlayıcı (provider) · cs poskytovatel (provider) · sh снабдевач (provider) · mk услужник (provider) · fr fournisseuse (provider) · de Dienstleisterin (provider) · hy մատակարար (provider) · pl dostawczyni (provider) · bg доста́вчик (provider) · el παροχέας (provider) · cs poskytovatelka (provider) · de Anbieter (provider) · de Anbieterin (provider) · el πάροχος (provider) · fi tuottaja (provider) · nb tilbyder (provider) · de Versorger (provider) · mr पुरवणारा (provider) · bg доста́вчица (provider) · nl verlener (provider) · uk постача́льник (provider)