Definitions for supply
ˈsʌp lisup·ply

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. supply(noun)

   an amount of something available for use

2. supply(noun)

   offering goods and services for sale

3. provision, supply, supplying(verb)

   the activity of supplying or providing something

4. supply, provide, render, furnish(verb)

   give something useful or necessary to

   "We provided the room with an electrical heater"

5. issue, supply(verb)

   circulate or distribute or equip with

   "issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds"

6. provide, supply, ply, cater(verb)

   give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance

   "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"

7. add, append, supply(verb)

   state or say further

   "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. supply(Adverb)

   Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.

Origin: From souploier, from supplere.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Supply(verb)

   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. Supply(verb)

   to serve instead of; to take the place of

3. Supply(verb)

   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. Supply(verb)

   to give; to bring or furnish; to provide; as, to supply money for the war

5. Supply(noun)

   the act of supplying; supplial

6. Supply(noun)

   that which supplies a want; sufficiency of things for use or want

7. Supply(noun)

   auxiliary troops or reenforcements

8. Supply(noun)

   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

9. Supply(noun)

   an amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures; generally in the plural; as, to vote supplies

10. Supply(noun)

    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

11. Supply(adj)

    serving to contain, deliver, or regulate a supply of anything; as, a supply tank or valve

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Supply

   Supply is a small unincorporated community in Brunswick County, North Carolina, USA located around the intersection of US 17 and NC 211. Its name is derived from the use of the Lockwoods Folly River as a trade route in the 18th and 19th centuries. Residents of the nearby beach communities of Holden Beach, Oak Island, Ocean Isle, Caswell Beach, and Sunset Beach often used to commute to Supply for goods and other materials. This practice is still common, but development in the town of Southport and in the Intracoastal Waterway commercial districts has made traveling to Supply unnecessary.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Supply

   sup-plī′, v.t. to fill up, esp. a deficiency: to add what is wanted: to furnish: to fill a vacant place: to serve instead of:—pa.t. and pa.p. supplied′. [Fr.,—L. supplēre—sub, up, plēre, to fill.]

2. Supply

   sup-plī′, n. act of supplying: that which is supplied or which supplies a want: amount of food or money provided (used generally in pl.): a grant of money provided by a legislature for the expenses of government: a person who takes another's duty temporarily, a substitute, esp. a clergyman.—ns. Supplī′al, the act of supplying, the thing supplied; Sup′pliance (Shak.), that which is supplied, gratification.—adj. Supplī′ant (Shak.), supplying, auxiliary.—adv. Sup′pliantly.—ns. Supplī′er, one who supplies; Supply′ment (Shak.), a supply.—Commissioner of Supply, one of the body forming the chief county authority in Scotland for administrative and rating purposes, down to 1889.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. supply

   The procurement, distribution, maintenance while in storage, and salvage of supplies, including the determination of kind and quantity of supplies. a. producer

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. supply

   Relief of want; making up deficiencies. A fresh supply of troops, ammunition, etc. To supply, to make up deficiencies. To aid; to assist; to relieve with something wanted. To fill any room made vacant. Thus, covering sergeants supply the places of officers when they step out of the ranks, or are killed in action.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'supply' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1503

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'supply' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1949

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'supply' in Nouns Frequency: #478

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'supply' in Verbs Frequency: #279

How to pronounce supply?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of supply in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of supply in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of supply in a Sentence

1. Katherine Gronberg:

   The supply chain is very complex.

2. One Chinese diplomatic source:

   It's a supply facility pure and simple.

3. Michael McCarthy:

   The supply side is keeping prices firm.

4. Alan Bjerga:

   We see no wide threat to the milk supply.

5. Amanda Gintoft:

   Our helium supply is a strategic priority.

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