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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Supply \Sup*ply"\, 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 re["e]nforcements. ``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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Supply \Sup*ply"\, n.; pl. Supplies.
     1. The act of supplying; supplial. --A. Tucker.
  
     2. That which supplies a want; sufficiency of things for use
        or want. Specifically:
        (a) Auxiliary troops or re["e]nforcements. ``My promised
            supply of horsemen.'' --Shak.
        (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.
        (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.
        (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.
  
     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.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  supply and demand
     n.
     (lb en economics) A capitalistic model of price determination in a
  market.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  supply and demand
     n.
     (lb en economics) A capitalistic model of price determination in a
  market.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  supply and demand
     n.
     (lb en economics) A capitalistic model of price determination in a
  market.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  supply and demand
     n.
     (lb en economics) A capitalistic model of price determination in a
  market.

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  supply and demand /səplˈaɪ and dɪmˈand/ 
  nabídka a poptávka

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  supply and demand /səplˈaɪ and dɪmˈand/ 
  poptávka a nabídka

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  supply and demand /səplˈaɪ and dɪmˈand/ 
  kysyntä ja tarjonta
  economic model of pricing

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  supply and demand /səplˈaɪ and dɪmˈand/
  ponuda i potražnja

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  supply and demand /səplˈaɪ and dɪmˈand/
  kínálat és kereslet

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  supply and demand /səplˈaɪ and dɪmˈand/ 
  需要と供給
  economic model of pricing

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  supply and demand /səplˈaɪ and dɪmˈand/ 
  utbud och efterfrågan
  economic model of pricing

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