vendor (or supplier)

nouncandidate·updated Aug 30, 2026

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An individual or business (and its employees) that is engaged to provide goods or services to the entity. Depending on the services provided (for example, if the vendor operates certain controls on behalf of the entity that are necessary to achieve the entity's objectives), it also might be a service provider.

Framework senses

2 senses across 2 frameworks

TSP Section 1001 senseview framework →

§1 · glossary: An individual or business (and its employees) that is engaged to provide goods or services to the entity. Depending on the services provided (for example, if the vendor operates certain controls on behalf of the entity that are necessary to achieve the entity's objectives), it also might be a service provider.
Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (glossary)

Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →

§1 · legacy_primary: An individual or business (and its employees) that is engaged to provide goods or services to the entity. Depending on the services provided (for example, if the vendor operates certain controls on behalf of the entity that are necessary to achieve the entity's objectives), it also might be a service provider.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column