supplier

/səˈplaɪər/

/səˈplaɪə/

Other forms: suppliers

Definitions of supplier

1. noun

   someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity
   synonyms: provider

   types:

   black marketeer

   someone who engages illegally in trade in scarce or controlled commodities

   caterer

   someone who provides food and service (as for a party)

   connection

   a supplier (especially of narcotics)

   dispenser

   a person who dispenses

   distributer, distributor

   someone who markets merchandise

   purveyor

   someone who supplies provisions (especially food)

   recruiter

   someone who supplies members or employees

   stockist

   one (as a retailer or distributor) that stocks goods

   provisioner, sutler, victualer, victualler

   a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army

   headhunter

   a recruiter of personnel (especially for corporations)

   jobber, middleman, wholesaler

   someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers

   retail merchant, retailer

   a merchant who sells goods at retail

   scout, talent scout

   someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)

   ship chandler

   a dealer in equipment and supplies for ships

   wool stapler

   a dealer in wool

   type of:

   bourgeois, businessperson

   a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise