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Verb: supply  su'plI
  1. Give something useful or necessary to
    "We supplied the room with an electrical heater";
    - provide, render, furnish, offer
     
  2. Circulate, distribute or equip with
    "supply blankets for the beds";
    - issue
     
  3. Give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
    "The hostess supplied lunch for all the guests";
    - provide, ply, cater
     
  4. State or say further
    "'It doesn't matter,' he supplied";
    - add, append
Noun: supply  su'plI
  1. An amount of something available for use
     
  2. Offering goods and services for sale
     
  3. The activity of supplying or providing something
    - provision

Derived forms: supplying, supplies, supplied

Type of: activity, distribute, economic process, give, indefinite quantity, say, state, tell

Antonym: demand

Encyclopedia: Supply, Virginia