service provider
Hired help source
A service provider is a company or entity that supplies a service rather than a physical product.
The term appears most often in telecommunications and technology—internet service providers, wireless service providers, cloud service providers.
In business contexts, it distinguishes companies that perform services consulting firms, law practices from those that manufacture or sell goods.
The phrase sometimes feels like corporate jargon for what might simply be called a company or vendor.
- supplierSource of goods
- ISPWeb access company
- network accessAuthorization to join systems
- broadbandFast internet access
- subcontractorHired by the hirer
subscription · monthly bill · telecommunications · telephony · data plan · cloud computing · tech support · help desk · internet · gig economy · independent contractor · data center · outsourcing · third party · fine print · operator · SaaS · telecom
- internetinternet, websites, web, browsers, web browsers
- telecomwireless, cellular, telecommunications, carriers, telephone
- businessesbusiness, company, bank, bakery, enterprise
- small businesssmall business, sole proprietor, owner, mom-and-pop, startup
- freelancingfreelancer, contractor, freelance, consultant, client
- payeespayee, recipient, beneficiary, vendor, seller
service providercustomer
Buyer of goods
client · consumer · end user · subscriber · patron
service providerretailer
One who sells goods
manufacturer · merchant · wholesaler · distributor · vendor
service, services, provider, servicing, serviced, disservice, serviceable, serviceman, servicemen