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supply
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[ verb ] provide or furnish with
Examples "We provided the room with an electrical heater" "render assistance" Used in print (The New York Times,...)A formula to supply players for the new Minneapolis_Vikings and the problem of increasing the 1961 schedule to fourteen games will be discussed by National_Football_League owners at a meeting at the Hotel_Warwick today . (High Fidelity, 11:10...)Although lacking absolute verisimilitude , they supply the ear and the imagination with all necessary materials for re-creation of the original . (Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)SBA loans , which may be made to small manufacturers , small business pools , wholesalers , retailers , service establishments and other small businesses ( when financing is not otherwise available to them on reasonable terms ) , are to finance business construction , conversion , or expansion ; the purchase of equipment , facilities , machinery , supplies , or materials ; or to supply working_capital . (Cornell H. Mayer, "Radio Emission of the Moon...)Radio_observations of Venus and Jupiter have already supplied unexpected experimental data on the physical conditions of these planets . (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)Oliver , in his summary of the habits of the snakes of the United_States , could supply data on the maturing period for only three species in_addition_to the rattlers , which I shall consider separately . Related terms give yield offer match equip extend feed furnish fuel water shelter partner surfeit arm upholster patch subtitle joint pour provision caption causeway stint bewhisker slat terrace date berth border costume glass crenel computerize canal bush brattice wharf railroad tap bed headline machicolate rafter bottom tool key wive hobnail innervate hydrate fret copper-bottom victual theme signalize calk charge cleat coal corbel seat heat pump fuel flood toggle uniform constitutionalize leverage fund rail grate capitalise alphabetize cornice air-condition copperbottom transistorize curtain top reflectorize retrofit ramp seat transistorise reflectorise index sanitate dado tube ticket stock stock rim gate step interleave hat stock stock provision supplier |
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[ noun ] an amount of something available for use
Used in print (Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)SBA loans , which may be made to small manufacturers , small business pools , wholesalers , retailers , service establishments and other small businesses ( when financing is not otherwise available to them on reasonable terms ) , are to finance business construction , conversion , or expansion ; the purchase of equipment , facilities , machinery , supplies , or materials ; or to supply working_capital . To be eligible to borrow from a Bank_for_Cooperatives , a cooperative must be an association in which farmers act together in processing and marketing farm products , purchasing farm supplies , or furnishing farm business services , and must meet the requirements set_forth in the Farm_Credit_Act_of_1933 , as amended . (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)She continues to add to the pollen supply as_needed . (Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)The bronchial_artery , except for a small number of short branches in the hilum , contributes none of the pleural blood supply . As in type 1 , , it provides arterial blood to the interlobular septa , and an extremely rich anastomotic pleural supply is seen ( figs. 9 , 10 ) . Related terms |
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[ verb ] circulate or distribute or equip with
Synonyms Examples "issue a new uniform to the children" "supply blankets for the beds" Used in print (Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)The pulmonary_artery , in_addition to supplying the distal portion of the respiratory bronchiole , the alveolar duct , and the alveoli , continues on and directly supplies the thin pleura ( fig. 8 ) . The pulmonary_artery , in_addition to supplying the distal portion of the respiratory bronchiole , the alveolar duct , and the alveoli , continues on and directly supplies the thin pleura ( fig. 8 ) . It does , as in type 1 , , supply the hilar lymph_nodes , the pulmonary_artery , the pulmonary_vein , the bronchi , and the bronchioles - terminating in a common capillary_bed with the pulmonary_artery at the level of the respiratory bronchiole . As seen in types 1 , and 2 , , it supplies the hilar lymph_nodes , vasa_vasorum to the pulmonary_artery and vein , the bronchi and the terminal bronchioles . |
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[ noun ] (economics,business) offering goods and services for sale
Used in print (John R. Sargent, "Where To Aim Your Planning for Bigger...)The growth of business has outdistanced the available supply , and the demand will continue to exceed the supply in the sixties . The growth of business has outdistanced the available supply , and the demand will continue to exceed the supply in the sixties . (William C. Smith, "Why Fear Ideas?"...)Despite this danger , however , we are informed on every hand that ideas , not machines , are our finest tools ; they are priceless even_though they cannot be recorded on a ledger page ; they are the most valuable of commodities - and the most salable , for their demand far exceeds supply . (Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)While no larger than Dutch_Springs , this mining supply town had the appearance of being far busier and more prosperous . Related terms |
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[ verb ] provide what is desired or needed, esp. support, food or sustenance
Examples "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" Used in print (Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)How could supplying Eichmann with a platform on which to maintain that one could collaborate in the murder of millions of Jews without being an anti-Semite contribute to a verdict against anti-Semitism ? (Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)The Pathet_Lao , stiffened by Communist Veterans from neighboring North Viet_Nam , were supplied by Soviet aircraft . |
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[ noun ] the activity of supplying or providing something
Used in print (Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)He assembled a group of 25 men , composed of wounded troopers awaiting evacuation , the company clerk , supply men , cooks and drivers , and led them to the hill . (Public Papers of the Presidents of the U.S. D. D....)In total , these increases in operating_costs outweigh the savings that result from declining programs and from economy measures , such_as reduced numbers of units and installations , smaller inventories of major equipment , and improvements in the supply and distribution systems of the Armed_Forces . |
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