supplier

supplier
supply VERB (supplies, supplied) 1) make (something needed) available to someone. 2) provide with something needed. 3) be adequate to satisfy (a requirement or demand).
NOUN (pl. supplies) 1) a stock or amount of something supplied or available. 2) the action of supplying. 3) (supplies) provisions and equipment necessary for an army or expedition. 4) (before another noun ) acting as a temporary substitute for another: a supply teacher.
supply and demand — Cf. ↑supply and demand
DERIVATIVES supplier noun.
ORIGIN Latin supplere 'fill up' .

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