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Supplies

/səˈplaɪz/

The act of supplying.

📖 Definitions of "Supplies"

noun
  1. 1

    The act of supplying.

    "supply and demand"

  2. 2

    An amount of something supplied.

    "A supply of good drinking water is essential."

  3. 3

    (in the plural) provisions.

  4. 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. 1

    To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.

    "to supply money for the war"

  2. 2

    To furnish or equip with.

    "to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition"

  3. 3

    To fill up, or keep full.

    "Rivers are supplied by smaller streams."

  4. 4

    To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.

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