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supplies

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/səˈplaɪz/ English

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noun

  1. The act of supplying.“supply and demand”
  2. An amount of something supplied.“A supply of good drinking water is essential.”
  3. (in the plural) provisions.
  4. (chiefly in the plural) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures.“to vote supplies”

verb

  1. To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.“to supply money for the war”
  2. To furnish or equip with.“to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition”
  3. To fill up, or keep full.“Rivers are supplied by smaller streams.”
  4. To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.

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