major supplier
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmajorandsupplier
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major
adjective
uk/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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supplier
noun
uk/səˈplaɪ.ər/us/səˈplaɪ.ɚ/
a company, person, etc. that provides things that people want or need, especially over a long period ...
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(Definition ofmajorandsupplierfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is amajorsupplierto the free trade and a major employer.
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There is no reason why by that time, or long before, we should not be the secondmajorsupplier.
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The public sector is also amajorsupplier—or will be—to the nationalised state oil industry.
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The hills are themajorsupplierof young stock for the beef herd, and it is necessary to restore confidence in this sector.
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Local government is amajorsupplierof services—schools, roads, housing, social services, sport facilities, libraries, police, and the fire and ambulance services.
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To attract substantial investment into the new wood processing industry there has to be amajorsupplierto give some sort of guarantees of supply.
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It is to be deeply regretted that themajorsupplierof information technology training to those, mainly young, people should be pulled out.
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Greenhow is an old mining village that was amajorsupplierof lead.
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Grove is also amajorsupplierof custom-built machines to armed forces around the world.
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Treece was amajorsupplierof lead, zinc, and iron ore.
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Wasserstrom, amajorsupplierof equipment and supplies for restaurants, is located on the north side.
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In former years it was amajorsupplierof limestone for railway track ballast purposes.
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The foundry soon expanded to become amajorsupplierof steam locomotives.
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That is what may happen if there were amajorsupplierof an insurance facility and a mass of small to medium-size enterprises that depended upon it.
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It is amajorsupplierto the home market, which would have to be supplied from abroad with medium-sized and luxury cars and, above all, minis.
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Rahimafrooz is amajorsupplierof high quality solar batteries and other solar components for the program.
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A simple 50-to-30 ampere or 30-to-15 ampere converter from amajorsuppliermay be assumed safe.
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The railroad's arrival led to the rapid transformation of the small agricultural village into amajorsupplierof anthracite coal.
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It became amajorsupplierfor the entire soft-drink industry and, for a brief period, the company went public.
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He was amajorsupplierof meat to government stores and a generous subscriber to public causes.
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They are amajorsupplierof generic bulk and bagged flour into the bakery and mix industry.
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We should remember that, for each large business that wins business overseas, a supply chain—often comprising small and medium-sized enterprises in the geographical locality of themajorsupplier—will be affected.
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But longer-term, whatever steps are taken to deal with immediate problems, there is no doubt that coal will continue to be amajorsupplierof our energy needs.
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Prior to high media visibility of its products, it was amajorsupplierto fast food chains, groceries and school lunch programs.
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This company went on to become amajorsupplierof data recorders, used not only aboard aircraft but also trains and other vehicles.
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