supply

  • 11supply — The mode, method, or route by which a given post office or locality receives its mail …

    Glossary of postal terms

  • 12supply — for GST purposes, supply is defined as: The quantity of a good available to meet demand. Supply consists of inventories from previous production, current production, and expected future production. Because resources are scarce, supply creates… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 13supply — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sth that is supplied ADJECTIVE ▪ total ▪ It is impossible to measure the total supply of money in circulation. ▪ available ▪ endless, inexhaustible …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 14supply — sup|ply1 W2S3 [səˈplaı] n plural supplies ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(amount available)¦ 2¦(necessary things)¦ 3 gas/electricity/water etc supply 4¦(act of supplying)¦ 5 supply ship/convoy/route etc ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(AMOUNT AVAILABLE)¦ …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15supply — sup|ply1 [ sə plaı ] noun *** 1. ) count an amount or quantity of something that is available to use: A limited oil supply has made gas prices rise. supply of: The falling leaves provide a good supply of nutrients to the soil. a… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 16supply */*/*/ — I UK [səˈplaɪ] / US noun Word forms supply : singular supply plural supplies 1) [countable] an amount or quantity of something that is available to use A limited oil supply has made gas prices rise. supply of: The falling leaves provide a good… …

    English dictionary

  • 17supply — 1 noun 1 AMOUNT AVAILABLE (C) an amount of something that is available to be used (+ of): a regular supply of fresh vegetables | More donors are needed as blood supplies are running low. 2 be in short supply if something is in short supply, there …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18supply — I n. 1) to bring up, provide supplies 2) to lay in, receive; replenish; store supplies 3) an abundant, liberal, plentiful; fresh supply 4) military; office; relief supplies 5) the coal; money; water supply 6) in short supply II v. 1) (D; tr.) to… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 19supply — supply1 supplier, n. /seuh pluy /, v., supplied, supplying, n., pl. supplies. v.t. 1. to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite: to supply someone clothing; to supply a community with… …

    Universalium

  • 20supply — [[t]səpla͟ɪ[/t]] ♦♦ supplies, supplying, supplied 1) VERB If you supply someone with something that they want or need, you give them a quantity of it. [V n] ...an agreement not to produce or supply chemical weapons. [V n with n] ...a pipeline… …

    English dictionary