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n. one who financially supports a person or family; supplier, one who furnishes or equips; Internet service provider, company that provides internet connection services through its equipment and communications lines (for a monthly fee or by amount of use), ISP; (Medical) licensed health care program or facility that provides health care services; (Medical) licensed doctor or other health professional who provides health care services

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Noun
1. someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity
(synonym) supplier
(hypernym) businessperson, bourgeois
(hyponym) black marketeer
(derivation) supply, provide, render, furnish
2. someone who provides the means for subsistence
(hypernym) benefactor, helper
(derivation) provide, supply, ply, cater

nm. provider, supplier

n. poskytovatel/-ka; živitel/-ka