# supplies

Pronunciation: say "suh-PLYZ" /səˈplaɪz/

## Noun

1. Plural of supply. — plural of supply
   - Simple: Plural of supply. Use this when talking about more than one supply.
   - _The relief team distributed food and supplies to the flooded villages._
   - _Office supplies were running low by the end of the quarter._
3. Financial resources provided to a body or person, often for a particular purpose.
   - Simple: Money given for a certain purpose, especially money a government approves.
   - _The treasury released the supplies allocated for flood defenses._
   - _Ministers refused to grant further supplies until the accounts were audited._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of supply. — third-person singular simple present indicative of supply
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of supply. Use this with he, she, or it.
   - _This factory supplies parts to several car manufacturers._
   - _The reservoir supplies drinking water to two neighboring towns._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/supplies (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).