From Middle English supplien, borrowed from Old French soupleer, souploier, from Latin suppleo (“to fill up, make full, complete, supply”).
The Middle English spelling was modified to conform to Latin etymology.
Meanings
(uncountable) The act of supplying.
(countable) An amount of something supplied.
A supply of good drinking water is essential.
She said, "China has always had a freshwater supply problem with 20 percent of the world’s population but only 7 percent of its freshwater".
(countable, uncountable) The market force that causes sellers to be both willing and able to sell a good or service, as measured by the amount of that good or service that is currently available to be bought at any given price point; the amount itself.
Supply and demand ebb and flow in a complex interplay.
The supply of timber to the region's mills was lower than expected this month, owing to transport problems posed by wildfires.
(countable, in-plural, uncountable) Provisions.
They are busy laying in supplies for the coming winter.
(countable, in-plural, uncountable) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures.
to vote supplies
(countable, uncountable) Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.
cs zásoba (amount supplied) · ru предложе́ние (act of supplying) · cmn 供應 /供应 (act of supplying) · be забесьпячэ́ньне (act of supplying) · be прыпа́сы (provisions) · es oferta (act of supplying) · cmn 供應品 /供应品 (provisions) · bg запа́с (provisions) · sl ponudba (act of supplying) · it approvvigionamenti (provisions) · ko 공급 (act of supplying) · id penawaran (act of supplying) · fi muona (provisions) · hu szolgáltatás (act of supplying) · kk ұсыным (act of supplying) · et varustus (act of supplying) · ar إِمْدَاد (act of supplying) · bn সরবরাহ (amount supplied) · gl abastecemento (amount supplied) · fi varat (provisions) · gl suplente (somebody, who temporarily fills the place of another) · kk запас (amount supplied) · pl artykuł pierwszej potrzeby (provisions) · tl panustos (amount supplied) · fr fourniture (act of supplying) · de Versorgung (amount supplied) · ja 配給 (provisions) · ca vitualles (provisions) · tl katustusan (act of supplying) · ja 支給 (provisions) · uk забезпе́чення (act of supplying) · lo ການສະໜອງ (act of supplying) · gl fornecemento (act of supplying) · be запа́с (amount supplied) · fi saanti (amount supplied) · fi varustus (act of supplying) · de Versorgung (act of supplying) · mn нийлүүлэлт (act of supplying) · hy առաջարկ (act of supplying) · pt provisão (amount supplied) · bn সরবরাহ (act of supplying) · sk ponuka (act of supplying) · fi eväät (provisions) · cmn 代理人 (somebody, who temporarily fills the place of another) · es avituallamiento (act of supplying) · th การจัดหา (act of supplying) · pt suprimento (act of supplying) · he אַסְפָּקָה (act of supplying) · fi tarjonta (act of supplying) · ca subministrament (amount supplied) · lt pasiūla (act of supplying) · bg поста́вка (act of supplying) · pt abastecimento (act of supplying) · be забеспячэ́нне (act of supplying) · fi varusteet (provisions) · tg захира (amount supplied) · it supplente (somebody, who temporarily fills the place of another) · mn ᠨᠡᠶᠢᠯᠡᠭᠦᠯᠦᠯᠲᠡ (act of supplying) · sq furnizim (act of supplying) · ur فَرَاہَمِی (act of supplying) · km ការផ្គត់ផ្គង់ (act of supplying) · fi talousarvio (amount of money provided to meet the annual national expenditures) · nn forsyning (act of supplying) · bn যোগান (act of supplying) · gl abastecemento (act of supplying) · kk ұсыныс (act of supplying) · ru припа́сы (provisions) · gl provisións (provisions) · ug تەمىنات (act of supplying) · uz taklif (act of supplying) · ru запа́с (amount supplied) · cmn 供應量 /供应量 (amount supplied) · ky жабдуу (act of supplying) · sh по̏нуда (act of supplying) · da beholdninger (provisions) · be паста́ўка (act of supplying) · th อุปทาน (act of supplying) · az təklif (act of supplying) · pt provisões (provisions) · el πληρωτής (somebody, who temporarily fills the place of another) · fi sijainen (somebody, who temporarily fills the place of another) · ca abastiment (act of supplying) · got 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌻𐌳 (provisions) · sh pȍnuda (act of supplying) · ms bekalan (amount supplied) · hi आपूर्ति (act of supplying) · ar ذَخِيرَة (amount supplied) · tr zahire (provisions) · eo provizo (provisions) · ga soláthar (amount supplied) · de Angebot (act of supplying) · de Vorrat (provisions) · my ထောက်ပံ့မှု (act of supplying) · mk снабдување (act of supplying) · ca provisions (amount supplied) · gl subministración (amount supplied) · it offerta (act of supplying) · ky сунуш (act of supplying) · cmn 供給 /供给 (amount of money provided to meet the annual national expenditures) · fi toimittaminen (act of supplying) · ja 供給 (act of supplying) · cmn 撥款 /拨款 (amount of money provided to meet the annual national expenditures) · es provisiones (provisions) · pl podaż (act of supplying) · es utilería (provisions) · ka მარაგი (act of supplying) · hu kínálat (act of supplying) · tg арза (act of supplying) · bn সরবরাহ (provisions) · ota ذخیره (provisions) · ro rezervă (provisions) · el προμήθεια (provisions) · hu ellátás (act of supplying) · es vitualla (provisions) · kk жабдықтау (act of supplying) · it fornitura (amount supplied) · bg снабдя́ване (act of supplying) · fa-ira ذَخیرِه (amount supplied) · fi budjetti (amount of money provided to meet the annual national expenditures) · nb forsyning (act of supplying) · cs nabídka (act of supplying) · uz taʼminot (act of supplying) · uz zaxira (amount supplied) · da forråd (provisions) · es oferta económica (act of supplying) · ar تَوْرِيد (act of supplying) · cmn 代課教師 /代课教师 (somebody, who temporarily fills the place of another) · uk постача́ння (act of supplying) · es útil (provisions) · tr zahire (amount supplied) · ps عرضه (act of supplying) · sv tillgång (provisions) · gl bastimento (amount supplied) · ga lón (provisions) · tr arz (amount supplied) · es suministros (provisions) · te సరఫరా (amount supplied) · fi varustaminen (act of supplying) · el προμήθεια (act of supplying) · fa-ira عَرْضِه (act of supplying) · ru снабже́ние (act of supplying) · da leverance (amount supplied) · ota ذخیره (amount supplied) · ms penawaran (act of supplying) · da føde- (amount supplied) · cmn 供給 /供给 (act of supplying) · ro alimentare (act of supplying) · bg припа́си (provisions) · sv tillgång (act of supplying) · ro aprovizionare (act of supplying) · uk припа́си (provisions) · ca provisions (provisions) · bg заме́стник (somebody, who temporarily fills the place of another) · es abasto (amount supplied) · la cōpia (provisions) · fr approvisionnement (act of supplying) · tg таъминот (act of supplying) · tr teklif (act of supplying) · es suministro (amount supplied) · el προσφορά (act of supplying) · hu ellátmány (provisions) · it approvvigionamento (act of supplying) · da lager (amount supplied) · az təchizat (act of supplying) · fr vivres (provisions) · ko 공급 (amount supplied) · da finanslov (amount of money provided to meet the annual national expenditures) · nb forsyning (amount supplied) · hy մատակարարում (act of supplying) · fi saatavuus (amount supplied) · es subministración (desus.) (act of supplying) · fi tarvikkeet (provisions) · ga soláthar (act of supplying) · es suministración (act of supplying) · da forsyning (amount supplied) · zdj zio (provisions) · lv piedāvājums (act of supplying) · tk teklip (act of supplying) · uk запа́с (amount supplied) · da udbud (act of supplying) · fi toimitus (act of supplying) · bg доста́вка (act of supplying) · es abastecimiento (amount supplied) · hu ellátottság (amount supplied) · es abasto (act of supplying) · ja 補給 (amount supplied) · nn forsyning (amount supplied) · nl levering (act of supplying) · uk поста́вка (act of supplying) · uz zapas (amount supplied) · ro provizie (provisions) · bg запа́с (amount supplied) · tr arz (act of supplying) · ar تَزْوِيد (act of supplying) · got 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌻𐌳 (act of supplying) · es suplente (somebody, who temporarily fills the place of another) · cmn 經費 /经费 (amount of money provided to meet the annual national expenditures) · ru поста́вка (act of supplying) · fi tarjonta (amount supplied) · cmn 供給量 /供给量 (amount supplied) · ca suplent (somebody, who temporarily fills the place of another) · ky запас (amount supplied) · hu készlet (amount supplied) · ur رَسَد (act of supplying) · da forsynings- (amount supplied) · is framboð (act of supplying) · ja 供給 (amount supplied) · kk жеткізу (act of supplying) · cmn 補給品 /补给品 (provisions)
From Middle English supplien, borrowed from Old French soupleer, souploier, from Latin suppleo (“to fill up, make full, complete, supply”).
The Middle English spelling was modified to conform to Latin etymology.
Meanings
(transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
to supply money for the war
(transitive) To furnish or equip with.
to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition
(transitive) To fill up, or keep full.
Rivers are supplied by smaller streams.
(transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
It was objected against him that he had never experienced love. Whereupon he arose, left the society, and made it a point not to return to it until he considered that he had supplied the defect. 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:
(transitive) To serve instead of; to take the place of.
The sun was set, and Vesper, to supply
His absent beams, had lighted up the sky. 1700, [John] Dryden, “The Flower and the Leaf: Or, The Lady in the Arbour. A Vision.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
Burning ships the banished sun supply. 1666, Edmund Waller, Instructions to a Painter:
(intransitive) To act as a substitute.
(transitive) To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.
uk доста́вити (to provide, make available for use) · sv supplera (to compensate for, make up for a deficiency of) · nb forsyne (to provide, make available for use) · de liefern (to compensate for, make up for a deficiency of) · pt abastecer (to compensate for, make up for a deficiency of) · fi toimittaa (to compensate for, make up for a deficiency of) · sv förse (to furnish or equip with) · pt suprir (to act as a substitute) · sh opskr̀biti (to provide, make available for use) · sv leverera (to provide, make available for use) · da afhjælpe (to compensate for, make up for a deficiency of) · nan-hbl 供應 /供应 (to provide, make available for use) · da forsyne (to furnish or equip with) · it supplire (to compensate for, make up for a deficiency of) · cmn 代職 /代职 (to have possession of) · hu pótol (to compensate for, make up for a deficiency of) · cmn 補足 /补足 (to compensate for, make up for a deficiency of) · de ausrüsten (to furnish or equip with) · fi varustaa (to furnish or equip with) · ja 埋め合わせる (to compensate for, make up for a deficiency of) · uk поста́чити (to provide, make available for use) · bg доста́вям (to provide, make available for use) · ru снабди́ть (to provide, make available for use) · cmn 代課 /代课 (to have possession of) · he סִפֵּק (to provide, make available for use) · ast equipar (to furnish or equip with) · cs poskytnout (to provide, make available for use) · it allestire (to furnish or equip with) · el εφοδιάζω (to provide, make available for use) · bg заре́ждам (to fill up, or keep full) · bg заредя́ (to fill up, or keep full) · mi whakawhiwhi (to provide, make available for use) · ca subministrar (to provide, make available for use) · es suplir (to act as a substitute) · cmn 供應 /供应 (to provide, make available for use) · it fornire (to provide, make available for use) · de versorgen mit (to provide, make available for use) · fi toimia sijaisena (to act as a substitute) · da forsyne (to provide, make available for use) · el πληρώνω (to fill up, or keep full) · bg замествам (to act as a substitute) · ru снабди́ть (to furnish or equip with) · ca proveir (to furnish or equip with) · fi paikata (e.g. maalivahti paikkasi) (to compensate for, make up for a deficiency of) · nan-hbl 提供 (to provide, make available for use) · oc provesir (to provide, make available for use) · cs poskytovat (to provide, make available for use) · hak 供給 /供给 (to provide, make available for use) · hu helyettesít (to act as a substitute) · pt abastecer (to furnish or equip with) · ja 補填する (to compensate for, make up for a deficiency of) · uk доста́вити (to furnish or equip with) · fi korvata (to serve instead of) · ca fornir (to provide, make available for use) · sv förse (to provide, make available for use) · ru пополня́ть (to compensate for, make up for a deficiency of) · ast suministrar (to provide, make available for use) · ast abondar (to provide, make available for use) · tl magtustos (to provide, make available for use) · fi käyttää (to have possession of) · fi toimittaa (to furnish or equip with) · cmn 取代 (to serve instead of) · bg замествам (to serve instead of) · fi täyttää (to fill up, or keep full) · el προσφέρω (to furnish or equip with) · chr ᎠᏓᏁᏗ (to provide, make available for use) · ru поста́вить (to provide, make available for use) · pl zaopatrywać (to provide, make available for use) · sh snàbdjeti (to provide, make available for use) · fi tarjota (to provide, make available for use) · pt suprir (to furnish or equip with) · ru снабжа́ть (to provide, make available for use) · sv supplera (to act as a substitute) · ka მომარაგება (to provide, make available for use) · da skaffe (to furnish or equip with) · as যোগোৱা (to provide, make available for use) · sv avhjälpa (to compensate for, make up for a deficiency of) · yue 提供 (to provide, make available for use) · fi toimittaa (to provide, make available for use) · et varustama (to provide, make available for use) · es avituallar (to furnish or equip with) · da levere (to provide, make available for use) · gl abastecer (to provide, make available for use) · ru попо́лнить (to compensate for, make up for a deficiency of) · it rifornire (to furnish or equip with) · cmn 補充 /补充 (to fill up, or keep full) · da levere (to furnish or equip with) · fi täydentää (to fill up, or keep full) · sh opskr̀biti (to furnish or equip with) · te అందించు (to provide, make available for use) · fi pitää hallussaan (to have possession of) · ca proveir (to provide, make available for use) · cmn 充當 /充当 (to act as a substitute) · pl zaopatrzyć (to provide, make available for use) · haw hō (to provide, make available for use) · fi sijaistaa (to act as a substitute) · pt prover (to provide, make available for use) · ms bekal (to provide, make available for use) · de zur Verfügung stellen (to provide, make available for use) · hak 提供 (to provide, make available for use) · uk доставля́ти (to furnish or equip with) · hu ellát (to provide, make available for use) · yue 供給 /供给 (to provide, make available for use) · cmn 代理 (to act as a substitute) · fi korvata (to compensate for, make up for a deficiency of) · da vikariere (to act as a substitute) · sh snàbdjeti (to furnish or equip with) · nb forse (to provide, make available for use) · oc fornir (to provide, make available for use) · hu felszerel (to furnish or equip with) · hak 供應 /供应 (to provide, make available for use) · el γεμίζω (to fill up, or keep full) · es suplir (to compensate for, make up for a deficiency of) · yi ליווערן (to provide, make available for use) · el προσφέρω (to provide, make available for use) · fi syöttää (to fill up, or keep full) · el εφοδιάζω (to compensate for, make up for a deficiency of) · de bereitstellen (to provide, make available for use) · pt abastecer (to provide, make available for use) · ru снаряди́ть (to furnish or equip with) · cmn 供給 /供给 (to provide, make available for use) · sv gottgöra (to compensate for, make up for a deficiency of) · bg снабдя́ (to furnish or equip with) · ru поставля́ть (to provide, make available for use) · cmn 彌補 /弥补 (to compensate for, make up for a deficiency of) · gl fornecer (to provide, make available for use) · ru снаряжа́ть (to furnish or equip with) · fi rahoittaa (to provide, make available for use) · ru снабжа́ть (to furnish or equip with) · bg попъ́лня (to compensate for, make up for a deficiency of) · sk poskytnúť (to provide, make available for use) · es esquifar (to furnish or equip with) · sk poskytovať (to provide, make available for use) · eo provizi (to provide, make available for use) · ja 供給する (to provide, make available for use) · grc παρέχω (to provide, make available for use) · mr पुरवठा (to provide, make available for use) · ka მიწოდება (to provide, make available for use) · th จัดหา (to provide, make available for use) · tl tustusan (to provide, make available for use) · ar زَوَّدَ (to provide, make available for use) · es suplir (to serve instead of) · cmn 提供 (to provide, make available for use) · nan-hbl 供給 /供给 (to provide, make available for use) · pt prover (to furnish or equip with) · nb levere (to provide, make available for use) · es subministrar (to provide, make available for use) · cmn 代替 (to serve instead of) · be паста́віць (to provide, make available for use) · fi hyvittää (to compensate for, make up for a deficiency of) · ast fornir (to furnish or equip with) · sv tillgodose (to provide, make available for use) · pt suprir (to provide, make available for use) · bg попъ́лвам (to compensate for, make up for a deficiency of) · ast aprovir (to furnish or equip with) · fr fournir (to provide, make available for use) · fi hyödyntää (to have possession of) · yue 供應 /供应 (to provide, make available for use) · te అందించు (to furnish or equip with) · es suministrar (to provide, make available for use) · ka შეტანა (to provide, make available for use) · ca equipar (to furnish or equip with) · de liefern (to furnish or equip with) · cmn 供給 /供给 (to fill up, or keep full) · el πληρώ (to fill up, or keep full) · fr approvisionner (to provide, make available for use) · ast fornir (to provide, make available for use) · ja 代理を務める (to act as a substitute) · da erstatte (to compensate for, make up for a deficiency of) · uk постача́ти (to provide, make available for use) · es abastecer (to provide, make available for use) · as যোগান ধৰা (to provide, make available for use) · ko 공급하다 (to provide, make available for use) · ast aprovir (to provide, make available for use) · da yde (to furnish or equip with) · es suplir (to provide, make available for use) · bg снабдя́вам (to furnish or equip with) · el εφοδιάζω (to furnish or equip with) · cmn 供給 /供给 (to furnish or equip with) · it supplire (to act as a substitute) · de liefern (to provide, make available for use) · uk доставля́ти (to provide, make available for use) · pt fornecer (to provide, make available for use) · el αποπληρώνω (to compensate for, make up for a deficiency of) · fi korjata (e.g. puute) (to compensate for, make up for a deficiency of) · de vertreten (to act as a substitute) · es abastar (to provide, make available for use) · el αποπληρώ (to compensate for, make up for a deficiency of) · bg доста́вя (to provide, make available for use) · fi hankkia (to provide, make available for use) · be пастаўля́ць (to provide, make available for use)
[…] the rain struck on her head as she bent supply to the movements of the pony, while it scrambled up the bank to the sheltering trees. For a couple of miles the path ran through woods alive with the varied voices of the rain, […] 1938, David Leslie Murray, Commander of the mists:
His voice was playful and full; his back was bent supply. 1906, Ford Madox Ford, The fifth queen: and how she came to court, page 68:
Grigory hesitantly took her in his arms to kiss her, but she held him off, bent supply backwards and shot a frightened glance at the windows.
'They'll see!'
'Let them!'
'I'd be ashamed—' 1988, Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович Шо́лохов (Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov), Quiet flows the Don (translated), volume 1, page 96
She swayed slightly in the gusts, bent supply to them and seemed at one with the force which Straup found so hostile. 1963, Johanna Moosdorf, Next door: