supply

noun

(countable) An amount of something supplied.

(economics) The market force that causes sellers to be both willing and able to sell a good or service, as measured by the amount of that good or service that is currently available to be bought at any given price point; the amount itself.

(uncountable) The act of supplying.

(in the plural) Provisions.

(chiefly in the plural) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures.

Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.

verb

(transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.

(transitive) To furnish or equip with.

(transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.

(transitive) To serve instead of; to take the place of.

(transitive) To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.

(intransitive) To act as a substitute.

(transitive) To fill up, or keep full.

adverb

Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.

Roots

subsup- · Latin · under, below pleo-ply · Latin · fill

Synonyms for supply

provisionn victualingn providev resupplyadv procurementn replenishmentn purveyv purveyancen replenishv stockpilen

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