provider

Word family  noun provider provision provisions adjective provisional verb provide provision adverb provisionally

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pro·vid·er /prəˈvaɪdə $ -ər/ ●○○ noun [countable]  1  a company or person that provides a service 供应商，供应者 an Internet service provider 因特网服务供应商2  GIVEPAY FORsomeone who supports a family 供养家庭的人 A widow, she is the sole provider (=the only one) for her family. 作为寡妇，她是家里唯一养家糊口的人。

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 Dictionaryproviderpro‧vid‧er /prəˈvaɪdə-ər/ noun [countable]1COMMERCEan organization that provides goods or servicesa provider of engineering and design serviceshospitals, nursing homes and other health-care providersthe long-distancetelephone services provider → Internet Service Provider2an adult who supports their family with his or her incomeA widow, she is the sole provider (=the only one) for her family.

pro·vid·er nounChineseSyllable  

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provider
pro‧vid‧er /prəˈvaɪdə $ -ər/ noun [countable]1. a company or person that provides a service:
    an Internet service provider
2. someone who supports a family:
    A widow, she is the sole provider (=the only one) for her family.

pro·viderBrE /prəˈvaɪdə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /prəˈvaɪdər/ 🔊 nouna person or an organization that supplies sb with sth they need or want 供应者；提供者；供养人◆training providers提供训练的人◆We are one of the largest providers of employment in the area. 我们是本地区最大的雇主之一。🔊🔊◆The eldest son is the family's sole provider (= the only person who earns money). 这家的长子是唯一养家糊口的人。🔊🔊  ➡  see also service provider