supplies

sup·ply  (s-pl)

v. sup·plied, sup·ply·ing, sup·plies

v.tr.

1. To make available for use; provide.

2. To furnish or equip with: supplied sheets for every bed.

3. To fill sufficiently; satisfy: supply a need.

4. To make up for (a deficiency, for example); compensate for.

5. To serve temporarily as a substitute in (a church, for example).

v.intr.

To fill a position as a substitute.

n. pl. sup·plies

1. The act of supplying.

2. Something that is or can be supplied.

3. An amount available or sufficient for a given use; stock.

4. Materials or provisions stored and dispensed when needed. Often used in the plural.

5. Economics The amount of a commodity available for meeting a demand or for purchase at a given price.

6. A cleric serving as a substitute or temporary pastor.

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[Middle English supplien, to help, complete, furnish with additional troops, from Old French soupleer, to fill up, from Latin supplre : sub-, from below; see sub- + plre, to fill; see pel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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sup·plier n.

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In logistics, all materiel and items used in the equipment, support, and maintenance of military forces. See also assembly; component; equipment; subassembly.