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supply
  1. (uncountable) The act of supplying.
  2. (countable) An amount of something supplied.
  3. (plural) provisions.
  4. (plural) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures.
  5. Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “The ability to meet rising demand will depend on the supply of stocks available.”
      “The government has signed a framework for the long-term supply of wheat to export partners.”
suppletion
  1. The supplying of something lacking.
  2. (grammar) The use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking, e.g. using “to be able” as the infinitive of “can”, or “better” as the comparative of “good”.
  3. (grammar) More loosely, use of unrelated (or distantly related) words for semantically related words which may not share the same lexical category, such as father/paternal or cow/bovine.
  4. Examples:
    1. “These patterns of suppletion can be correlated with particular geographical areas, language families, and specific lexemic groups.”
      “We list the instances of suppletion and give examples of regular inflected items when they are available.”
      “Special attention is given to three generalizations regarding root suppletion in the comparative degree of adjectives.”
supplier
  1. One who supplies; a provider.
  2. (soccer) Someone who assists (sets up) a goal.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “A major national supplier announced it would stop selling ammonium nitrate as its easy accessibility questioned local safety.”
      “The supplier then faxes back a quotation for the total cost of the materials in the quantities desired delivered to the actual job site.”
      “On the other side sit large investors who acquire supplier assets at an attractive price.”
suppletory
  1. A source of supply.
supplial
  1. The act of supplying; a supply.
supplyment
  1. (obsolete) The act of supplying.
suppletions
  1. plural of suppletion
supplyments
  1. plural of supplyment
suppletories
  1. plural of suppletory
suppliers
  1. plural of supplier
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  3. Examples:
    1. “All purchased forage and bedding should be sourced from suppliers operating to recognised quality control standards.”
      “We are one of the most professional suppliers of casing, tubing, line pipe, sucker rod and other oilfield equipment in China.”
      “In addition to building materials, the group also sells bathroom suites and accessories to trade suppliers and the public.”
supplies
  1. plural of supply
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “They followed Astrid on a tour of a messy office with shelves full of supplies ranging from ragged green army blankets to cases of dish soap.”
      “These men exist for one purpose only, and that is to move the American soldier and the tools and supplies for his job.”
      “There was a big wood stove for cooking with shelves full of supplies including flour, sugar, coffee, cornmeal, hams and bacon, containers of dried fruit and meat, tea, coffee, and beans.”
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