supply

Definition

  • noun: the amount of something that is available to be used
  • verb: to add as a 'supplement'
  • verb: to make (something) available to be used
  • often used in plural
  • synonyms: furnish, administer, provide

Examples

  • If the company produces less of a product than the public wants, the 'law of supply and demand' says that the company can charge more for the product.

  • Doctors are 'in short supply'. [=there are not enough doctors]

  • The state is trying to disrupt the 'supply' of illegal drugs.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) to be running Ml these days. Oh, not that I have anything against accountants. Many of them are lovely people. So I decided that it was cheaper to supply his deputy... ...with evidence that we were bribing the chief. It's amazing what you can do with Photoshop these days, isn't it? (..)
    2006 Casino Royale