supplier has definitions from the field of business
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[ noun ] (business) someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity

Synonyms

provider

Used in print

(U.S. Reports. Volume 366. Cases Adjudged in the...)

This , however , did not bar finding that du_Pont had become pre-eminent as a supplier of automotive fabrics and finishes to General_Motors ; that these products constituted a `` line of commerce '' within the meaning of the Clayton_Act ; that General_Motors ' share of the market for these products was substantial ; and that competition for this share of the market was endangered by the financial relationship between the two concerns :

`` The statutory policy of fostering free competition is obviously furthered when no supplier has an advantage over his competitors from an acquisition of his customer 's stock likely to have the effects condemned by the statute .

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