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.
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.
To act as a substitute.
To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.
to supply a pulpit
Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.