That which is indispensable; a necessary thing; an essential or requisite. In plural.

In plural. Necessaries, requisites.

As a mass noun (frequently with possessive adjective): what is necessarily required; necessaries, needs. Now rare.

Chiefly Scottish. In plural. Necessary articles, fittings, etc. Obsolete.

A thing needed, a necessary item; esp. a personal requisite carried as luggage. Usually in plural.

In plural. The apparatus, set of utensils, instruments, etc., employed in any trade, or in executing any piece of work. Now chiefly in agricultural…

In plural. Necessary things, necessities. Now rare.

transferred. Parts or features essentially necessary to something; essential points, essentials.

An essential quality (rare); also plural essential points or elements; essentials. Cf. essential, n. 2.

In plural. Fundamental requisites; necessities.

In plural. Needs; necessities; indispensable things. Now Irish English (northern).