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provider
noun
a
person
or
company
that
supplies
needed
goods
or
services
to
other
people
or
businesses
•
We
switched
to
a
new
internet
provider
because
the
old
one
was
too
slow
.
We
switched
to
a
new
internet
provider
because
the
old
one
was
too
slow
.
•
The
school
hired
a
food
provider
to
deliver
healthy
lunches
every
day
.
The
school
hired
a
food
provider
to
deliver
healthy
lunches
every
day
.
from
the
verb
"
provide
"
+
the
agent
suffix
"
-er
",
first
recorded
in
English
in
the
17th
century
noun
the
person
in
a
family
who
earns
the
money
needed
to
pay
for
food
,
housing
,
and
other
necessities
•
After
losing
his
job
,
Mark
worried
about
how
to
stay
the
main
provider
for
his
family
.
After
losing
his
job
,
Mark
worried
about
how
to
stay
the
main
provider
for
his
family
.
•
In
many
households
today
,
both
partners
share
the
role
of
provider
.
In
many
households
today
,
both
partners
share
the
role
of
provider
.
derived
from
the
broader
sense
of
someone
who
supplies
something
,
applied
to
family
income
roles
since
the
19th
century
noun
in
computing
,
a
module
or
service
that
gives
data
or
functionality
to
other
parts
of
a
system
•
The
authentication
provider
verifies
user
identities
before
access
is
granted
.
The
authentication
provider
verifies
user
identities
before
access
is
granted
.
•
Developers
can
swap
out
the
data
provider
without
changing
the
rest
of
the
application
.
Developers
can
swap
out
the
data
provider
without
changing
the
rest
of
the
application
.
adopted
into
computing
jargon
in
the
late
20th
century
to
describe
software
components
that
'provide'
services
to
consumers