"service provider" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2023 November 29, Richard Foster, “Tyne & Wear Metro goes with the flow”, in RAIL, number 997, page 34:",
          "text": "\"In terms of the regulatory structure, we're called a 'service provider'. We're not an infrastructure manager, like Network Rail, the Core Valley Lines or HS1. We provide a service for freight operators to use our branch line so, effectively, we are on a par with something like a freight terminal. We've never had a light railway operator act as a service provider. That's unique.\"",
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        "A company that provides a service."
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          "company",
          "company"
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        [
          "service",
          "service"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "company providing a service",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "dienstverlener"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "company providing a service",
          "word": "palveluntarjoaja"
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          "sense": "company providing a service",
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          "word": "prestataire de services"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "servisis ṗrovaideri",
          "sense": "company providing a service",
          "word": "სერვისის პროვაიდერი"
        },
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "momsaxurebis ṗrovaideri",
          "sense": "company providing a service",
          "word": "მომსახურების პროვაიდერი"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "momsaxurebis mimc̣odebeli",
          "sense": "company providing a service",
          "word": "მომსახურების მიმწოდებელი"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "company providing a service",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Dienstleister"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "company providing a service",
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          "word": "Dienstleistungsunternehmen"
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          "sense": "company providing a service",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "Dienstleistungsanbieter"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "company providing a service",
          "word": "szolgáltató"
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          "code": "nb",
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          "sense": "company providing a service",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tjenesteyter"
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          "sense": "company providing a service",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "usługodawca"
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          "sense": "company providing a service",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "proveedor de servicios"
        }
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  "word": "service provider"
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        "A company that provides a service."
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          "service",
          "service"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "company providing a service",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dienstverlener"
    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "company providing a service",
      "word": "palveluntarjoaja"
    },
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      "sense": "company providing a service",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prestataire de services"
    },
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      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "servisis ṗrovaideri",
      "sense": "company providing a service",
      "word": "სერვისის პროვაიდერი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "momsaxurebis ṗrovaideri",
      "sense": "company providing a service",
      "word": "მომსახურების პროვაიდერი"
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      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "momsaxurebis mimc̣odebeli",
      "sense": "company providing a service",
      "word": "მომსახურების მიმწოდებელი"
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      "sense": "company providing a service",
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        "masculine"
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    },
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        "masculine"
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      "sense": "company providing a service",
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      "word": "proveedor de servicios"
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  "word": "service provider"
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