supplier
noun/səˈplaɪə/
Etymology From supply + -er.
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.2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist, volume 405, number 8813, page 3 (Technology Quarterly):
2
Ball games, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Soccer, Sports 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.2011 January 16, Saj Chowdhury, “Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle”, in BBC:
- Derived terms
- fuel supplier, nonsupplier, self-supplier, subsupplier
- Related terms
- supplement, supply, provider, purveyor, vendor