supplies

/səˈplaɪz/

IPA: /S AH0 P L AY1 Z/

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”
5
Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.

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.
5
To serve instead of; to take the place of.
6
To act as a substitute.
7
To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.
“to supply a pulpit”

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