PROVIDER

provider

(noun) someone who provides the means for subsistence

supplier, provider

(noun) someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

provider (plural providers)

One who, or that which, provides a service, commodity, or the means for subsistence.

Source: Wiktionary


Pro*vid"er, n.

Definition: One who provides, furnishes, or supplies; one who procures what is wanted.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

9 April 2025

COMMISERATIVE

(adjective) feeling or expressing sympathy; “made commiserative clicking sounds with his tongue”- Kenneth Roberts


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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