supplies
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/səˈplaɪz/
English
Definitions
noun
- The act of supplying.“supply and demand”
- An amount of something supplied.“A supply of good drinking water is essential.”
- (in the plural) provisions.
- (chiefly in the plural) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures.“to vote supplies”
verb
- To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.“to supply money for the war”
- To furnish or equip with.“to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition”
- To fill up, or keep full.“Rivers are supplied by smaller streams.”
- To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
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Synonyms
provisionsstoressourcinggoodscommodityservicesproductprocurementsourceassetslogisticsprovideprovisioningdistributionprovisionproviding