Supply
/səˈplaɪ/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:13 ptsWWF:16 pts6 letters
Definition of Supply
noun
- The act of supplying.
"supply and demand"
- An amount of something supplied.
"A supply of good drinking water is essential."
- (in the plural) provisions.
- (chiefly in the plural) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures.
"to vote supplies"
- Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.
verb
- To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
"to supply money for the war"
- To furnish or equip with.
"to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition"
- To fill up, or keep full.
"Rivers are supplied by smaller streams."
- To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
- To serve instead of; to take the place of.