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Supply - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Supply : (noun)
1: an amount of something available for use
2: offering goods and services for sale [ant: demand]
3: the activity of supplying or providing something [syn: provision,
supplying]
(verb)
1: provide or furnish with; "We provided the room with an
electrical heater" [syn: provide, render, furnish]
2: circulate or distribute or equip with; "issue a new uniform
to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds" [syn: issue]
[ant: recall]
3: provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food
or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the
guests" [syn: provide, ply, cater]
4: state or say further; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied"
[syn: add, append]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Supply : \Sup*ply"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supplied; p. pr. & vb.
n. Supplying.] [For older supploy, F. suppl['e]er, OF. also
supployer, (assumed) LL. suppletare, from L. supplere,
suppletum; sub under _ plere to fill, akin to plenus full.
See Plenty.]
1. To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted;
to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are
supplied by smaller streams; an aqueduct supplies an
artificial lake; -- often followed by with before the
thing furnished; as, to supply a furnace with fuel; to
supply soldiers with ammunition.
2. To serve instead of; to take the place of.
Burning ships the banished sun supply. --Waller.
The sun was set, and Vesper, to supply His absent
beams, had lighted up the sky. --Dryden.
3. To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another
in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have
possession of; as, to supply a pulpit.
4. To give; to bring or furnish; to provide; as, to supply
money for the war. --Prior.
Syn: To furnish; provide; administer; minister; contribute;
yield; accommodate.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Supply : \Sup*ply"\, a.
Serving to contain, deliver, or regulate a supply of
anything; as, a supply tank or valve.
Supply system (Zo["o]l.), the system of tubes and canals in
sponges by means of which food and water are absorbed. See
Illust. of Spongi[ae].
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Supply : \Sup*ply"\, n.; pl. Supplies.
1. The act of supplying; supplial. --A. Tucker.
2. That which supplies a want; sufficiency of things for use
or want. Specifically:
(a) Auxiliary troops or re["e]nforcements. ``My promised
supply of horsemen.'' --Shak.
(b) The food, and the like, which meets the daily
necessities of an army or other large body of men;
store; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the army was
discontented for lack of supplies.
(c) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or
Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures;
generally in the plural; as, to vote supplies.
(d) A person who fills a place for a time; one who
supplies the place of another; a substitute; esp., a
clergyman who supplies a vacant pulpit.
Stated supply (Eccl.), a clergyman employed to supply a
pulpit for a definite time, but not settled as a pastor.
[U.S.]
Supply and demand. (Polit. Econ.) ``Demand means the
quantity of a given article which would be taken at a
given price. Supply means the quantity of that article
which could be had at that price.'' --F. A. Walker.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Supply, VA
Zip code(s): 22559
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Supply |
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