"service provider" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "service providers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "service provider (plural service providers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "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.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A company that provides a service."
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "word": "Internet service provider"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-service_provider-en-noun-A-TA1IyT",
      "links": [
        [
          "company",
          "company"
        ],
        [
          "service",
          "service"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "initialism"
          ],
          "word": "SP"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "company providing a service",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dienstverlener"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "company providing a service",
          "word": "palveluntarjoaja"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "company providing a service",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "prestataire de services"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "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"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "momsaxurebis mimc̣odebeli",
          "sense": "company providing a service",
          "word": "მომსახურების მიმწოდებელი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "company providing a service",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Dienstleister"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "company providing a service",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Dienstleistungsunternehmen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "company providing a service",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Dienstleistungsanbieter"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "company providing a service",
          "word": "szolgáltató"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "company providing a service",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tjenesteyter"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "company providing a service",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "usługodawca"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "company providing a service",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "proveedor de servicios"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "service provider"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "service providers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "service provider (plural service providers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "word": "Internet service provider"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A company that provides a service."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "company",
          "company"
        ],
        [
          "service",
          "service"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "initialism"
      ],
      "word": "SP"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "company providing a service",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dienstverlener"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "company providing a service",
      "word": "palveluntarjoaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "company providing a service",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prestataire de services"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "momsaxurebis mimc̣odebeli",
      "sense": "company providing a service",
      "word": "მომსახურების მიმწოდებელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "company providing a service",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dienstleister"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "company providing a service",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Dienstleistungsunternehmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "company providing a service",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dienstleistungsanbieter"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "company providing a service",
      "word": "szolgáltató"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "company providing a service",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tjenesteyter"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "company providing a service",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "usługodawca"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "company providing a service",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "proveedor de servicios"
    }
  ],
  "word": "service provider"
}