supplying

Variant of supply

supply definition

sup·ply (sə plī)

transitive verb supplied -·plied′, supplying -·ply′·ing

  1. to give, furnish, or provide (what is needed or wanted) to supply tools to workers
  2. to meet the needs or requirements of; furnish, provide, or equip with what is needed or wanted to supply workers with tools
  3. to compensate for; make good to supply a deficiency
  4. to act as a substitute in; fill or serve in temporarily to supply another's pulpit

Etymology: ME supplyen < MFr supplier < L supplere, to fill up < sub-, sub- + plere, to fill: see full

intransitive verb

to serve as a temporary substitute

noun pl. supplies -·plies′

  1. the act of supplying
  2. an amount or quantity available for use; stock; store
  3. materials, provisions, etc. for supplying an army, expedition, a business, etc.; sometimes, specif., provisions for an army other than materiel, vehicles, etc.
  4. Chiefly Brit. an amount of money granted for government expenses; appropriation
  5. a temporary substitute, as for a minister
  6. Obsolete
    1. aid; assistance
    2. reinforcements
  7. Econ. the amount of a commodity available for purchase at a given price

adjective

  1. having to do with a supply or supplies
  2. serving as a substitute

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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