provisions, food and other regular goods that people need every day; stores
provide something that is needed or desired; furnish, equip; make up for, compensate for; temporarily substitute for
act of providing; provision, something that is supplied; reserve, stock; quantity of a commodity available for purchase (Economics)
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Supplies Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Supplies Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. Aboutof Supply
supplies
n : a store or supply (especially of food or clothing or arms) [syn: stores, provisions]
Dirprwywr = n. one who supplies; an agent; an attorney
Noun
1. an amount of something available for use
(hypernym) indefinite quantity
(hyponym) reservoir
(derivation) provide, ply, cater
2. offering goods and services for sale
(antonym) demand
(hypernym) economic process
(derivation) issue
3. the activity of supplying or providing something
(synonym) provision, supplying
(hypernym) activity
(hyponym) irrigation
(derivation) provide, ply, cater
Verb
1. provide or furnish with; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
(synonym) provide, render, furnish
(hypernym) give
(hyponym) hydrate
(derivation) provision, supplying
2. circulate or distribute or equip with; "issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds"
(synonym) issue
(hypernym) distribute
(hyponym) unblock, unfreeze, free, release
(derivation) provision, supplying
3. provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"
(synonym) provide, ply, cater
(hypernym) give
(hyponym) staff
(derivation) provision, supplying
4. state or say further; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied"
(synonym) add, append
(hypernym) state, say, tell
(hyponym) slip in, stick in, sneak in, insert
Supplies Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
In logistics, all materiel and items used in the equipment, support, and maintenance of military forces. See also assembly; component; equipment; subassembly.
Source: U.S. Department of Defense, Joint Doctrine Division. ( About )Supplies Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
The components of petroleum supply are field production, refinery production, imports, and net receipts when calculated on a PAD District basis.
A set of categories used to account for how crude oil and petroleum products are transferred, distributed, or placed into the supply stream. The categories include field production, refinery production, and imports. Net receipts are also included on a Petroleum Administration for Defense (PAD) District basis to account for shipments of crude oil and petroleum products across districts.
Source: Energy Information Administration, 2006Supplies Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
- Supply (economics), the amount of a product which is available to customers
- Supply, as in confidence and supply, the provision of funds for government expenditure
- Narcissistic supply, the way in which a narcissistic individual requires affirmation, approval, and admiration from others in the same way as the infant requires an external supply of food
- Materiel, the goods and equipment for a military unit to fulfill its mission
- Supply, North Carolina, an unincorporated community in Brunswick County, North Carolina.
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