supply1
 
/
səˈplʌɪ/
v.
 (supplies, supplying, supplied)
  - make (something needed) available to someone. ▸provide with something needed. ▸be adequate to satisfy (a requirement or demand). 
- archaic take over (a vacant place or role).
n.
 (pl. supplies)
   - a stock or amount of something supplied or available. ▸the action of supplying. 
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[usu. as modifier]
 a person, especially a schoolteacher, acting as a temporary substitute for another.
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(supplies)
 Brit. a grant of money by Parliament for the costs of government.
Phrase
- on supply
 (of a schoolteacher) acting as a temporary substitute.
- supply and demand
 the amount of a good or service available and the desire of buyers for it, considered as factors regulating its price.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr. soupleer, from L. supplere ‘fill up’.