supply
$ \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.
PHRASES
in short supply
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.
ORIGIN
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|
adverb
variant spelling of supplely (see supple).