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supplier

  • /səˈplaɪə/

Rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)

noun suppliers

  1. One who supplies; a provider. A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.
  2. Someone who assists (sets up) a goal. Regular supplier Barton played in another teasing corner, which was headed on towards goal by the impressive Ameobi and flicked in by expert poacher Nolan.

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Closest in meaning: provider, resource, provision, purveyor, distributor, operator, dispenser, payable, service, deliverer, source, offeror, agent, giver, donor, funder

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noun one who supplies, a provider

Españolproveedor, proveedora, abastecedor, suministrador, subministrador (desus.)
한국어공급자 gonggeupja
日本語サプライヤー sapuraiyā, 供給者 kyōkyūsha, 仕入れ先 shiiresaki
中文供應商 /供应商 gōngyìngshāng, 供應者 /供应者 gōngyìngzhě, 提供者 tígōngzhě
हिन्दीप्रदायक pradāyak, सप्लायर saplāyar, संभरक sambhrak
Portuguêsfornecedor, fornecedora
Françaisfournisseur, fournisseuse
DeutschLieferant, Lieferantin, Zulieferer, Zuliefererin, Versorger, Versorgerin
Italianofornitore, fornitrice, venditore, venditrice
Ελληνικάπρομηθευτής promitheftís
Românăfurnizor, furnizoare
Русскийпоставщи́к postavščík, поставщи́ца postavščíca
Tiếng Việtngười cung cấp, người tiếp tế
العربيةمُزَوِّد muzawwid, مُزَوِّدَة muzawwida, مُوَرِّد muwarrid, مُوَرِّدَة muwarrida

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@misc{supplier_2026,
  title = {supplier},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/supplier},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}