Crossword clues for supplies
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Supply \Sup*ply"\, n.; pl. Supplies.
The act of supplying; supplial.
--A. Tucker.-
That which supplies a want; sufficiency of things for use or want. Specifically:
Auxiliary troops or re["e]nforcements. ``My promised supply of horsemen.''
--Shak.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.
An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures; generally in the plural; as, to vote supplies.
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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.
Stated supply (Eccl.), a clergyman employed to supply a pulpit for a definite time, but not settled as a pastor.
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.
Wiktionary
Usage examples of "supplies".
The entire Doona Launch Center could fit in the middle of this vast facility, and leave room for its normal day's operation on every side, and this facility only forwarded medical supplies to outer worlds.
Not to mention having fresh and ready supplies of any edi ble and some of those luxuries above the subsistence level that the City Complexes craved.
However, once they'd run out of their pre-packaged protein supplies, any reluctance had quickly disappeared with the onslaught of hunger pangs.
Kai removed the knives from Dimenon's and Portegin's boots, unclipped a hammer from Portegin's belt, riffled Lunzie's supplies for antiseptic splashes and a couple of pain sprays, rolled up two of the thin thermal blankets to transport any fruit they found, and left without another glance at Tor.
Lauder, his hands shaking slightly, picked up an armload of the supplies and stowed them in his equipment carryall.
That Socto, Effra and Cheret are replaced within the month, leaving Hospitals, War Supplies and Records in the control of Gorlot adherents?
Vic Solinari, the second volunteer for this facet of the colony, was too busy with stores and supplies to help today.
Kate Moody cried out, returning from a trip to her cabin for more medical supplies, "the beacon's lit -- and you can already see the ship.
Sumitral smiled and permitted Third to limit all heavy machinery, all automated equipment -- except medical supplies of any kind -- because Third forgot that hand shovels and incentive were used long before mining machines and printed circuits.
Couched in the chatty phrases about their years together in college was the fact that several pallets of medical supplies were being transported to Doona in two days.
And, in his high position in the financial world, he would have access to the knowledge of the lack of new supplies of the metal.
Team members carried supplies as well but it wasn't just team riders who blundered into the poisonous weed.
Mischievously, she allowed him to see her reaching for supplies from his home world light-years away.
Result: Supplies could not be paid for, and credit had been suspended.
She had supplies in her belt for several weeks, in addition to what the sea could provide.