Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - supply
Supply
supply
1. v. & n. --v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1 provide or furnish (a thing needed). 2 (often foll. by with) provide (a person etc. with a thing needed). 3 meet or make up for (a deficiency or need etc.). 4 fill (a vacancy, place, etc.) as a substitute. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 the act or an instance of providing what is needed. 2 a stock, store, amount, etc., of something provided or obtainable (a large supply of water; the gas-supply). 3 (in pl.) a the collected provisions and equipment for an army, expedition, etc. b a grant of money by Parliament for the costs of government. c a money allowance to a person. 4 (often attrib.) a person, esp. a schoolteacher or clergyman, acting as a temporary substitute for another. 5 (attrib.) providing supplies or a supply (supply officer). Phrases and idioms in short supply available in limited quantity. on supply (of a schoolteacher etc.) acting as a supply. supply and demand Econ. quantities available and required as factors regulating the price of commodities. supply-side Econ. denoting a policy of low taxation and other incentives to produce goods and invest. Derivatives supplier n. Etymology: ME f. OF so(u)pleer etc. f. L supplere (as SUB-, plere fill) 2. adv. (also supplely) in a supple manner .
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I. verb (supplied; ~ing) see: sub- Date: 14th century transitive verb to add as a supplement, 2. Middle French souploier, alteration of soupplier] to provide for ; satisfy , to make available for use ; provide , to satisfy the needs or wishes of, to furnish (organs, tissues, or cells) with a vital element (as blood or nerve fibers), to substitute for another in, intransitive verb to serve as a ~ or substitute, supplier noun II. noun (plural supplies) Date: 15th century assistance, succor, 2. reinforcements, a member of the clergy filling a vacant pulpit temporarily, the quantity or amount (as of a commodity) needed or available , provisions, stores, the act or process of filling a want or need , the quantities of goods or services offered for sale at a particular time or at one price, something that maintains or constitutes a ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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