Definition
to supply: to provide, to contribute, to deliver, to give
supply and demand the idea that the price of goods and services depends on how much of something is being sold and how many people want to buy it
supplies: provisions, stock, resources, reserves
Office supplies material for offices (for example paper, pens, printer ink etc.)
a 10-day supply: reserves that will last for ten days
a supplier: a provider, a seller
We are already satisfied with our current suppliers. They are the best providers we have ever had.
Pronunciation examples
UK: Extra paper will be supplied by the teacher if it is needed.
US: Good news: we have just received a one-week supply of paper from our office supplier.
- "Icarus : Yes, but... Horatio, normally the average cost of your monthly supplies is around 600 dollars, US currency."
- "The endless supply of foot massages has not gone unnoticed, and the sparkling water you bring to me tastes as fresh as a polar bear's paddling pool."
- "Philip : Will they be able to produce enough Bruno's Brew to supply this order?"
- "Susie : $23,000, and we'll throw in a year's supply of Delavigne beauty products."
- "All you do is supply the perfumes, and we rake in the money."
- "Do we have any supplies?"
- "Keep it, and you have to come to me for supplies for the rest of the year."
- "Icarus : Then I'll have to recommend to Bruno and to the board that your supplies must be pre-approved by... me!"
- "Shopkeeper : Well we mostly supply to government organizations, although more and more leading corporations are purchasing these days."
- "But I just wanted to double check that there hasn't been a mistake, because the cost of this month's supplies is nearly 14,000 dollars."
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