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   Sup·ply

   /səˈplī/

   

   verb

   • 1. make (something needed or wanted) available to someone; provide: "the farm supplies apples to cider makers" Similar givecontributeprovidefurnishdonatebestowgrantendowaffordimpartlay oncome up withmake availableprofferdispenseallocateallotassigndisburselavishshowerregaleinformal:fork outshell outarchaic:ministerprovidefurnishendowserveconferequiprig outoutfitclothefitarmkit outrare:endue
   • ▪ provide (someone) with something needed or wanted: "they struggled to supply the besieged island with aircraft" Similar givecontributeprovidefurnishdonatebestowgrantendowaffordimpartlay oncome up withmake availableprofferdispenseallocateallotassigndisburselavishshowerregaleinformal:fork outshell outarchaic:ministerprovidefurnishendowserveconferequiprig outoutfitclothefitarmkit outrare:endue
   • ▪ be adequate to satisfy (a requirement or demand): "the two reservoirs supply about 1% of the city's needs" Similar satisfymeetfulfillfillbe adequate forcater for
   • ▪ take over (a place or role left by someone else): "when she died, no one could supply her place"

   noun

   • 1. a stock of a resource from which a person or place can be provided with the necessary amount of that resource: "there were fears that the drought would limit the exhibition's water supply" Similar stockstorereservereservoirstockpileheappilemasshoardcachecollectionstorehouserepositoryfundcropminebankarsenal
   • ▪ the action of providing what is needed or wanted: "the deal involved the supply of forty fighter aircraft" Similar provisionprovidingsupplyingfurnishingdisseminationdistributionlaying onsending outservingaccommodation
   • ▪ the amount of a good or service offered for sale.
   • ▪ the provisions and equipment necessary for an army or for people engaged in a particular project or expedition.
   • ▪ a grant of money by Parliament for the costs of government.
   • ▪ a person acting as a temporary substitute for another.
   • ▪ providing necessary goods and equipment: "a supply ship"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French soupleer, from Latin supplere ‘fill up’, from sub- ‘from below’ + plere ‘fill’. The early sense of the noun was ‘assistance, relief’ (chiefly a Scots use).

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