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sup·ply
(sə-plī′)tr.v. sup·plied, sup·ply·ing, sup·plies
1. To make available for use; provide: Does the hotel supply towels?
2. To provide something necessary or desired to; furnish or equip: supplied the players with uniforms. See Synonyms at furnish.
3. To have as a necessary or desirable feature: a crime scene that supplied valuable evidence.
4. To fill sufficiently; satisfy: supply a need.
5. To make up for (a deficiency, for example); compensate for.
n. pl. sup·plies
1. The act of supplying: funds for the supply of the expedition.
2. An amount available or sufficient for a given use; stock: Our supply of milk is low.
3. often supplies Materials or provisions stored and dispensed when needed.
4. Economics The amount of a commodity available for meeting a demand or for purchase at a given price.
[Middle English supplien, to help, complete, furnish with additional troops, from Old French soupleer, to fill up, from Latin supplēre : sub-, from below; see sub- + plēre, to fill; see pelə- in Indo-European roots.]
sup·pli′er n.
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Noun | 1. | supplier - someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity black marketeer - someone who engages illegally in trade in scarce or controlled commodities bourgeois, businessperson - a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise caterer - someone who provides food and service (as for a party) connection - a supplier (especially of narcotics) dispenser - a person who dispenses distributer, distributor - someone who markets merchandise purveyor - someone who supplies provisions (especially food) recruiter - someone who supplies members or employees stockist - one (as a retailer or distributor) that stocks goods |
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Translations
dodavatel
leverandør
tavarantoimittaja
dobavljač
供給者
공급하는 사람
leverantör
ผู้จัดหาสิ่งของให้
nhà cung cấp
supplier
[səˈplaɪəʳ] N (Comm) (= distributor) → distribuidor(a) m/f; (= provider) → abastecedor(a) m/f, proveedor(a) m/ffrom your usual supplier → de su proveedor habitual
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
supplier
n (Comm) → Lieferant(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
supplier
[səˈplaɪəʳ] n (Comm) → fornitore/triceCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
supplier
→ مُوَرِّد dodavatel leverandør Lieferant προμηθευτής proveedor tavarantoimittaja fournisseur dobavljač fornitore 供給者 공급하는 사람 leverancier leverandør dostawca fornecedor поставщик leverantör ผู้จัดหาสิ่งของให้ satıcı nhà cung cấp 供应商Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009