# provider

Pronunciation: US say "pruh-VY-der" /pɹəˈvaɪ.dɚ/; say "pruh-VY-duh" UK /pɹəˈvaɪ.də(ɹ)/, AUS /pɹəˈvɑɪ.də(ɹ)/

## Noun

1. A person or thing that supplies a service or commodity, or the means someone needs to live.
   - Simple: A person or company that gives a service or goods, or that supplies what someone needs to live.
   - _Call your internet service provider if the connection keeps dropping._
   - _After her husband's injury, she became the family's only provider._

## Origin

Formed from provide + -er; in use since the 15th century.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/provider (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).