Hypertext Webster Gateway: "provider"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Provider \Pro*vid"er\, n.
One who provides, furnishes, or supplies; one who procures
what is wanted.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
provider
n 1: someone whose business is to supply a particular service or
commodity [syn: {supplier}]
2: someone who provides the means for subsistence
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