Слово англійською: supply
Іменник
Переклад supply українською: пропози́ція (на ри́нку), доста́вка (на ви́значене мі́сце), поста́вка (това́рів і т. д.), пода́ча (води́ і т. д.), постача́ння, припа́си, запа́си, дефіци́тний, недоста́тній (това́ри і т. д.), блок жи́влення, жи́влення (електропостача́ння), електропостача́ння водопостача́ння
Детальний опис
- [countable] an amount of something that is provided or available to be used
- Advances in agriculture increased the food supply.
- Demand for skilled labour outstrips supply.
- We ordered a month's supply of oil.
- We cannot guarantee adequate supplies of raw materials.
see also money supply
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supplies
[plural] the things such as food, medicines, fuel, etc. that are needed by a group of people, for example an army or expedition- Our supplies were running out.
- food and medical supplies for refugees
- [uncountable] the act of supplying something; the fact of receiving something that is being supplied
- the electricity/energy/gas supply
- The storm disrupted the town's power supply.
- A stroke is caused by disruption to the blood supply to the brain.
- the supply of goods and services
- a contract for the supply of timber
see also water supply Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French soupleer, from Latin supplere ‘fill up’, from sub- ‘from below’ + plere ‘fill’. The early sense of the noun was ‘assistance, relief’ (chiefly a Scots use).
Idioms - not existing in large enough quantities to satisfy demand
- Basic foodstuffs were in short supply.
- Sunshine will be in short supply for the west coast.
- Safe drinking water is in desperately short supply.