supply¹ /sə-plīˈ/

1. To make good
2. To satisfy
3. To provide, furnish
4. To fill, occupy (as a substitute)
5. To serve instead of
6. To supplement (obsolete)
7. To reinforce, help (obsolete)
8. To fill up a deficiency in (obsolete)

1. An act of supplying
2. That which is supplied or which supplies a need
3. An amount provided or in hand
4. The available amount of a commodity
5. An amount of food or money provided (used generally in pl)
6. A source of water, electricity, etc
7. A parliamentary grant for expenses of government
8. A person who takes another's duty temporarily, a substitute, esp a teacher

supplīˈal noun

The act of supplying

supplīˈance noun (Shakespeare)

Supplying, something to fill up time, pastime, gratification

supplīˈant adjective (Shakespeare)

Supplementary, reinforcing

supplīˈer noun

supplyˈment noun (Shakespeare)

Replenishment, supplementing

supply chain noun (business)

The succession of processes and transactions that takes place before a product reaches the final consumer

supply curve noun (economics)

A graph showing the quantity of a product that producers will offer for sale at different prices

supply day noun

In the House of Commons, a day in which backbenchers may debate and vote on government expenditure

supplyˈ-side economics singular noun

The theory that economic activity is a function of the supply of money, and that the level of economic activity may be regulated by increasing or reducing the money supply by devices such as taxation

supplyˈ-sider noun

An advocate of supply-side economics

Commissioners of Supply

A former administrative and rating authority in Scotland, superseded by the County Council

in short supply see under short

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