supplier
/səˈplaɪə/
supplier noun: one who supplies; a provider.
Noun
supplier (plural suppliers)
- 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)
- 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
supplier meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
supplier in Hindi
- one who supplies, a provider
- प्रदायक pradāyak, सप्लायर saplāyar, संभरक sambhrak
supplier in Tamil
- வழங்குநர், வழங்குபவர், கொடுப்பவர்
supplier in Urdu
- one who supplies, a provider
- سَپْلائِر saplāyar
supplier in Bengali
- সরবরাহকারী
More languagesFewer languages
- supplier in Tagalog
- tagatustos
- supplier in Arabic
- مُزَوِّد muzawwid, مُزَوِّدَة muzawwida, مُوَرِّد muwarrid, مُوَرِّدَة muwarrida
- supplier in Persian
- رساننده rasânande, تأمین کننده ta'min konande
- supplier in Thai
- ผู้ให้ pûu-hâi, ผู้ผลิต pûu-pà-lìt
- supplier in Vietnamese
- người cung cấp, người tiếp tế
Examples of supplier in a sentence
- The assembly plant's raw materials are finished parts from Asian suppliers.
- The shift of the supplier gave us a saving of 10 percent.
- He is a leading supplier of plumbing supplies in the county.
Forms of supplier
| plural | suppliers |
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Origin of supplier
From supply + -er.
Words formed from supplier
Words that rhyme with supplier
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- choir
- desire
- esquire
- inspire
- tire
- acquire
- admire
- dire
- empire
- respire
- sire
- transpire
- trier
- dryer
- friar
- fryer
- gyre
- lyre
- mire
- misfire
- require
- underfire
- aspire
- bemire
- buyer
- conspire
- inquire
- overfire
- perspire
- quire
- tyre
- attire
- briar
- crier
- higher
- lier
- overtire
- Pryor
- pyre
- re-retire
- retrochoir
- rewire
- suspire
- underwire
- unretire
- afire
- byre
- drier
Questions about supplier
- What does supplier mean?
- Supplier means one who supplies; a provider.
- What is supplier in Hindi?
- Supplier in Hindi is प्रदायक (pradāyak), सप्लायर (saplāyar), संभरक (sambhrak). See Supplier meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is supplier?
- Supplier is a noun.
- How do you pronounce supplier?
- Supplier is pronounced /səˈplaɪə/.
- What is the plural of supplier?
- The plural of supplier is suppliers.
Words near supplier in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: supplier (page history and authors); supplier (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); supplier (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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