[*** \mathrm{supply}^1] |səˈplī|

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verb (supplies, supplying, supplied) with object

make (something needed or wanted) available to someone; provide:

〖supply (A with) B/B(to ［for］ A)〗 (A〈人･場所など〉に)B〈物〉を供給する, 提供する

e.g. the farm supplies apples to cider makers.

provide (someone) with something needed or wanted:

e.g. they struggled to supply the besieged island with aircraft.

be adequate to satisfy (a requirement or demand):

｟かたく｠ 〈損失･欠如など〉を補う, 埋める; 〈必要など〉を満たす

e.g. the two reservoirs supply about 1% of the city's needs.

archaic take over (a place or role left by someone else):

｟古｠ 〈地位など〉を代わって務める

e.g. when she died, no one could supply her place.

noun (plural supplies)

a stock of a resource from which a person or place can be provided with the necessary amount of that resource:

供給量; 蓄え, 在庫

e.g. there were fears that the drought would limit the exhibition's water supply.

the action of providing what is needed or wanted:

供給

e.g. the deal involved the supply of forty fighter aircraft.

Economics the amount of a good or service offered for sale.

〘経〙 供給

(supplies) the provisions and equipment necessary for an army or for people engaged in a particular project or expedition.

〖-plies; しばしば複合語で〗生活物資; 必需品, 用品

(supplies) British a grant of money by Parliament for the costs of government.

｟英｠ 〖-plies〗(国の)歳出

usually as modifier a person acting as a temporary substitute for another.

代理, 代行

as modifier providing necessary goods and equipment:

e.g. a supply ship.

not easily obtainable; scarce:

e.g. he meant to go, but time and gas were in short supply.

supply and demand |səˌplī ən dəˈmand|

the amount of a commodity, product, or service available and the desire of buyers for it, considered as factors regulating its price:

e.g. by the law of supply and demand the cost of healthcare will plummet.

late Middle English: from Old French soupleer, from Latin supplere ‘fill up’, from sub- ‘from below’ + plere ‘fill’. The early sense of the noun was ‘assistance, relief’ (chiefly a Scots use).

[*** \mathrm{supply}^2] |ˈsəp(ə)lē|

variant spelling of supplely (see supple).