supply
/səˈplaɪ/ noun B1- The act of supplying.
- An amount of something supplied. · A supply of good drinking water is essential.· She said, "China has always had a freshwater supply problem with 20 percent of the world’s population but only 7 percent of its freshwater".
- The market force that causes sellers to be both willing and able to sell a good or service, as measured by the amount of that good or service that is currently available to be bought at any given price point; the amount itself. · Supply and demand ebb and flow in a complex interplay.· The supply of timber to the region's mills was lower than expected this month, owing to transport problems posed by wildfires.
- Provisions. · They are busy laying in supplies for the coming winter.
- An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures. · to vote supplies
- Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.
Plural supplies
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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So, my dear mother, I am going at once to ask Franz to lend me the small sum I shall require to supply my present wants.”
Elizabeth most thankfully consented, and a servant was despatched to Longbourn, to acquaint the family with her stay, and bring back a supply of clothes.
“The country,” said Darcy, “can in general supply but few subjects for such a study.
The party did not supply much conversation.
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