supplier

From supply +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /səˈplaɪə/

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• Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)

supplier (plural suppliers)

1. One who supplies; a provider.
   • 2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist‎^[1], volume 405, number 8813, page 3 (Technology Quarterly):

     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.

2. (soccer) Someone who assists (sets up) a goal.
   • 2011 January 16, Saj Chowdhury, “Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle”, in BBC‎^[2]:

     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.

• supplement
• supply

• provider
• purveyor
• vendor

• periplus

Modified based on the original Latin prefix sup-, from Old French souploier, sosploier, from Latin supplicāre.

• IPA^(key): /sy.pli.je/

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supplier

1. (transitive) to implore, to beseech, to beg

• supplication

• “supplier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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supplier

1. singular imperative of supplieren