'Supply' definitions:
Definition of 'supply'
From: WordNet
noun
An amount of something available for use
noun
Offering goods and services for sale [ant: demand]
noun
verb
Give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" [syn: supply, provide, render, furnish]
verb
Circulate or distribute or equip with; "issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds" [syn: issue, supply] [ant: recall]
verb
Give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" [syn: provide, supply, ply, cater]
verb
Definition of 'Supply'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To serve instead of; to take the place of. [1913 Webster]
- Burning ships the banished sun supply. --Waller. [1913 Webster]
- The sun was set, and Vesper, to supply His absent beams, had lighted up the sky. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To give; to bring or furnish; to provide; as, to supply money for the war. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To furnish; provide; administer; minister; contribute; yield; accommodate. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Supply'
From: GCIDE
- Supply \Sup*ply"\, a. Serving to contain, deliver, or regulate a supply of anything; as, a supply tank or valve. [1913 Webster]
- Supply system (Zool.), the system of tubes and canals in sponges by means of which food and water are absorbed. See Illust. of Spongiae. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Supply'
From: GCIDE
- Supply \Sup*ply"\, n.; pl. Supplies.
- 1. The act of supplying; supplial. --A. Tucker. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which supplies a want; sufficiency of things for use or want. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) Auxiliary troops or reenforcements. "My promised supply of horsemen." --Shak. [1913 Webster] (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. [1913 Webster] (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. [1913 Webster] (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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'supply'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ability,
- accommodate,
- accommodate with,
- accouterment,
- accumulation,
- acting,
- ad interim,
- afford,
- armament,
- assets,
- available means,
- balance,
- cache,
- capacity,
- capital,
- capital goods,
- capitalization,
- cater to,
- catering,
- chandlery,
- clothe,
- come up with,
- contribute,
- deliver,
- delivery,
- devices,
- dispense,
- disposable resources,
- distribute,
- distribution,
- donate,
- endow,
- endowment,
- equip,
- equipment,
- favor with,
- feed,
- fill,
- fill up,
- find,
- finding,
- fit out,
- fitting out,
- fulfill,
- fund,
- funds,
- furnish,
- furnishing,
- furnishment,
- give,
- grist,
- hand,
- hand over,
- heap upon,
- hoard,
- holdings,
- indulge with,
- interim,
- inventory,
- invest,
- investment,
- keep,
- lavish upon,
- liquid assets,
- logistics,
- maintain,
- make available,
- make provision for,
- material resources,
- materials,
- materiel,
- means,
- method,
- outfit,
- outfitting,
- pour on,
- power,
- preparation,
- prepare,
- present,
- pro tem,
- pro tempore,
- procurement,
- property,
- provide,
- provide for,
- providing,
- provision,
- provisioning,
- purvey,
- purveyance,
- quantity,
- raw material,
- recourses,
- recruit,
- reinforcement,
- replenish,
- replenishment,
- reserve,
- reservoir,
- resorts,
- resource,
- resources,
- resupply,
- retailing,
- rig out,
- satisfy,
- sell,
- selling,
- shower down upon,
- staple,
- stock,
- stocking,
- stockpile,
- stockpiling,
- store,
- stuff,
- subsidization,
- subsidize,
- subsidy,
- substances,
- subvention,
- supplying,
- support,
- surplus,
- transfer,
- turn over,
- victual,
- victualing,
- ways,
- ways and means,
- wherewith,
- wherewithal,
- yield
Words containing 'Supply'
- Supplied,
- Supplies,
- Supplying,
- Fort Supply,
- Stated supply,
- Supply and demand,
- Supply system,
- Water supply,
- in short supply,
- money supply,
- supply chamber,
- supply closet,
- supply depot,
- supply line,
- supply officer,
- supply route,
- supply ship,
- Fort Supply, OK,
- Switching power supply,
- building supply house,
- building supply store,
- supply-side economics