supply

/səˈplaɪ/

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Also a verb

Meaning

  1. An amount of something available for use.

    • Our water supply dropped dangerously low during the dry summer months.

    • The hikers carried a three-day supply of water.

  2. The total quantity of a good or service available for purchase at a given price.

    • When supply exceeds demand, prices usually fall.

    • Disruptions overseas severely constrained the domestic oil supply.

Collocations

  • supply and demand
  • supply chain
  • water supply
  • power supply
  • plentiful supply

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Idioms

  • in short supply

    scarce or hard to find

    Affordable rental housing remains in short supply throughout the city.