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sup·ply1

[suh-plahy] Pronunciation Key verb, -plied, -ply·ing, noun, plural -plies.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite: to supply someone clothing; to supply a community with electricity.

2.	to furnish or provide (something wanting or requisite): to supply electricity to a community.

3.	to make up, compensate for, or satisfy (a deficiency, loss, need, etc.): The TVA supplied the need for cheap electricity.

4.	to fill or occupy as a substitute, as a vacancy, a pulpit, etc.: During the summer local clergymen will supply the pulpit.

–verb (used without object)

5.	to fill the place of another, esp. the pulpit of a church, temporarily or as a substitute: Who will supply until the new minister arrives?

–noun

6.	the act of supplying, furnishing, providing, satisfying, etc.: to begin the supply of household help.

7.	something that is supplied: The storm cut off our water supply.

8.	a quantity of something on hand or available, as for use; a stock or store: Did you see our new supply of shirts?

9.	Usually, supplies. a provision, stock, or store of food or other things necessary for maintenance: to lay in supplies for the winter.

10.	Economics. the quantity of a commodity that is in the market and available for purchase or that is available for purchase at a particular price.

11.

supplies, Military.

a.	all items necessary for the equipment, maintenance, and operation of a military command, including food, clothing, arms, ammunition, fuel, materials, and machinery.

b.	procurement, distribution, maintenance, and salvage of supplies.

12.	a person who fills a vacancy or takes the place of another, esp. temporarily.

13.	supplies. Obsolete. reinforcements.

14.	Obsolete. aid.

[Origin: 1325–75; (v.) ME sup(p)lien < MF souplier, var. of soupleer ≪ L supplére to fill up, equiv. to sup- sup- + plére to fill (see full¹); (n.) late ME: aid, succor, deriv. of the v.

]

—Related forms

sup·pli·er, noun

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sup·ply2

[suhp-lee] Pronunciation Key

–adverb

in a supple manner or way; supplely.

[Origin: 1525–35; supple + -ly

]

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sup·ple (sŭp'əl) Pronunciation Key
adj. sup·pler, sup·plest

Readily bent; pliant.
Moving and bending with agility; limber.
Yielding or changing readily; compliant or adaptable. See Synonyms at flexible.

tr. & intr.v. sup·pled, sup·pling, sup·ples
To make or become supple.

[Middle English souple, from Old French, from Latin supplex, suppliant; see plāk-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

sup'ple·ness n., sup'ply, sup'ple·ly adv.

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sup·ply   (sə-plī') Pronunciation Key
v.   sup·plied, sup·ply·ing, sup·plies

v.   tr.

To make available for use; provide.
To furnish or equip with: supplied sheets for every bed.
To fill sufficiently; satisfy: supply a need.
To make up for (a deficiency, for example); compensate for.
To serve temporarily as a substitute in (a church, for example).

v. intr.
To fill a position as a substitute.

n. pl. sup·plies

The act of supplying.
Something that is or can be supplied.
An amount available or sufficient for a given use; stock.
Materials or provisions stored and dispensed when needed. Often used in the plural.
Economics The amount of a commodity available for meeting a demand or for purchase at a given price.
A cleric serving as a substitute or temporary pastor.

[Middle English supplien, to help, complete, furnish with additional troops, from Old French soupleer, to fill up, from Latin supplēre : sub-, from below; see sub- + plēre, to fill; see pelə-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

sup·pli'er n.

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supply (v.)

1375, "to help, support, maintain," also "fill up, make up for," from O.Fr. supplier "fill up, make full," from L. supplere "fill up, complete," from sub "up from below" + plere "to fill" (see plenary). The meaning "furnish, provide" first recorded c.1520.

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supply (n.)

1423, "assistance, relief," from supply (v.). Meaning "quantity or amount of something provided" is attested from 1607. In the political economy sense (corollary of demand) it dates from 1776. Supply-side in ref. to economic policy is attested from 1976. Supplies "provisions" is from c.1650.

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supply
noun
1.	an amount of something available for use
2.	offering goods and services for sale [ant: demand]
3.	the activity of supplying or providing something [syn: provision]
verb
1.	give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
2.	circulate or distribute or equip with; "issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds" [syn: issue] [ant: recall]
3.	give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" [syn: provide]
4.	state or say further; "'It doesn't matter,' he supplied" [syn: add]

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supply

see in short supply.

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supply

The amount of any given commodity available for sale at a given time.

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Supply

The total amount of a good or service available for purchase by consumers.

Investopedia Commentary

Think of supply for a good as the total amount that all companies produce.

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Supply, VA Zip code(s): 22559

Fort Supply, OK (town, FIPS 27350) Location: 36.57224 N, 99.57346 W
Population (1990): 369 (191 housing units)
Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 73841

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau

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Supply

Sup*ply"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supplied; p. pr. & vb. n. Supplying.] [For older supploy, F. suppl['e]er, OF. also supployer, (assumed) LL. suppletare, from L. supplere, suppletum; sub under + plere to fill, akin to plenus full. See Plenty.]

1. To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an aqueduct supplies an artificial lake; -- often followed by with before the thing furnished; as, to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition.

2. To serve instead of; to take the place of.

Burning ships the banished sun supply. --Waller.

The sun was set, and Vesper, to supply His absent beams, had lighted up the sky. --Dryden.

3. To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of; as, to supply a pulpit.

4. To give; to bring or furnish; to provide; as, to supply money for the war. --Prior.

Syn: To furnish; provide; administer; minister; contribute; yield; accommodate.

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Supply

Sup*ply"\, n.; pl. Supplies. 1. The act of supplying; supplial. --A. Tucker.

2. That which supplies a want; sufficiency of things for use or want. Specifically: (a) Auxiliary troops or re["e]nforcements. "My promised supply of horsemen." --Shak. (b) The food, and the like, which meets the daily necessities of an army or other large body of men; store; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the army was discontented for lack of supplies. (c) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures; generally in the plural; as, to vote supplies. (d) A person who fills a place for a time; one who supplies the place of another; a substitute; esp., a clergyman who supplies a vacant pulpit.

Stated supply (Eccl.), a clergyman employed to supply a pulpit for a definite time, but not settled as a pastor. [U.S.]

Supply and demand. (Polit. Econ.) "Demand means the quantity of a given article which would be taken at a given price. Supply means the quantity of that article which could be had at that price." --F. A. Walker.

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Supply

Sup*ply"\, a. Serving to contain, deliver, or regulate a supply of anything; as, a supply tank or valve.

Supply system (Zo["o]l.), the system of tubes and canals in sponges by means of which food and water are absorbed. See Illust. of Spongi[ae].

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