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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. Furnish what is needed or desired
    "The shop supplies office equipment";
    - provide, cater, put up
     
  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
    "They checked their supply of food before the camping trip"
     
  2. The activity of supplying or providing something
    "The supply of clean water was a priority for the humanitarian mission";
    - provision
     
  3. Offering goods and services for sale
    "The supply of new homes couldn't keep up with demand"
     
  4. A device or system that provides electrical power to a device or circuit
    "The computer's supply failed";
    - power supply

Derived forms: supplies, supplied, supplying

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

Antonym: demand

Encyclopedia: Supply, North Carolina