supply

n.; pl. Supplies 1. The act of supplying; supplial. A. Tucker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which supplies a want; sufficiency of things for use or want. Specifically: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

(a) Auxiliary troops or reenforcements. “My promised supply of horsemen.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) The food, and the like, which meets the daily necessities of an army or other large body of men; store; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the army was discontented for lack of supplies. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures; generally in the plural; as, to vote supplies. [ 1913 Webster ]

(d) A person who fills a place for a time; one who supplies the place of another; a substitute; esp., a clergyman who supplies a vacant pulpit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stated supply (Eccl.), a clergyman employed to supply a pulpit for a definite time, but not settled as a pastor. [ U.S. ] --
Supply and demand. (Polit. Econ.) “Demand means the quantity of a given article which would be taken at a given price. Supply means the quantity of that article which could be had at that price.” F. A. Walker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving to contain, deliver, or regulate a supply of anything; as, a supply tank or valve. [ 1913 Webster ]

Supply system (Zool.), the system of tubes and canals in sponges by means of which food and water are absorbed. See Illust. of Spongiae. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Supplying or aiding; auxiliary; suppletory. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]