provisioner
One who supplies
A provisioner is one who provisions—supplying food, equipment, or other necessities.
The term applies to someone who stocks a ship, outfits an expedition, or supplies an institution: The provisioner loaded the vessel with dried goods and fresh water.
In computing, a provisioner is software that automatically configures systems or allocates resources: The cloud provisioner spun up new servers to handle the traffic spike.
One who sells goods
- purveyorProvider of goods
- merchantOne who sells wares
- wholesalerBulk goods middleman
- distributorEntity channeling goods downstream
trader · dealer · stockist · outfitter · chandler · victualer · sutler · quartermaster
Resources for a task
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- stockGoods kept for sale
- storesRetail establishments or reserves
- rationsControlled food portions
reserves · cache · stockpile · goods · materiel · equipment · commodities · backstock
Food bought at stores
- foodstuffsEdible items or ingredients
- rationsControlled food portions
- victualsFood and drink
- ediblesItems safe to consume
consumables · fare · sustenance · nourishment · staples · perishables · preserves · hardtack
Production-to-consumer pathway
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- fulfillmentState of achieved purpose
- warehousingStoring goods commercially
- deliveryConveyance of goods
shipment · dispatch · procurement · sourcing · replenishment · allocation · transportation · tracking
vendor
One who sells goods
- purveyorProvider of goods
- merchantOne who sells wares
- wholesalerBulk goods middleman
distributor · trader · dealer · stockist · outfitter · chandler · victualer · sutler · quartermaster · commissary
supplies
Resources for a task
rations · reserves · cache · stockpile · goods · materiel · equipment · commodities · backstock · depot
groceries
Food bought at stores
- foodstuffsEdible items or ingredients
- rationsControlled food portions
- victualsFood and drink
edibles · consumables · fare · sustenance · nourishment · staples · perishables · preserves · hardtack · jerky
supply-chain
Production-to-consumer pathway
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- fulfillmentState of achieved purpose
- warehousingStoring goods commercially
delivery · shipment · dispatch · procurement · sourcing · replenishment · allocation · transportation · tracking · consignment
- Food Retailgrocer, grocery store, supermarket, market, deli
- supplierssupplier, purveyor, vendor, merchant, dealer
- camp followerssutler, laundress, washerwoman, camp cook, prostitute
- food sourcesfarm, farmer, farms, ocean, rancher
- merchantstraders, merchant, merchants, retailers, vendors
- fur tradersfur trader, trapper, voyageur, mountain man, pelter
provisionerdrainer
Vessel for removing liquid
consumer · waster · squanderer · hoarder
- provisional licenseRestricted beginner driver credential
- provisional ballotVote requiring later verification
- emergency provisionsSupplies for sudden crises
- provisional governmentTemporary authority pending transition
- army provisionsFood for military forces
- financial provisionMoney designated for purpose
provisions, provision, provisional, provisionally, provisioners, reprovisioned