## Meanings
1. To provide something that someone needs or wants.
2. An amount of something that is available to be used.
3. To provide or equip someone with what they need.
4. In economics, the amount of a product available for sale at a given price.

## Examples
- The company supplies fresh vegetables to local restaurants.
- We packed a large supply of food for the trip.
- The school supplies every student with a laptop.
- When supply is low and demand is high, prices rise.

## Synonyms
- provision

## Derived Forms
- self-supply
- supplier
- supply-side
- supply-sider

## Related Forms
- suppletion

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *pleh₁-
- Root: supplien
- Root: soupleer
- Root: suppleo

## Etymology
From Middle English supplien, borrowed from Old French soupleer, souploier, from Latin suppleo (“to fill up, make full, complete, supply”). The Middle English spelling was modified to conform to Latin etymology.

## AI Etymology
Supply is from Middle English supplien, borrowed from Old French soupleer, souploier, from Latin suppleo (“to fill up, make full, complete, supply”). The Middle English spelling was modified to conform to Latin etymology. In present-day use, it can mean to provide something that someone needs or wants, or an amount of something that is available to be used. Derived formations include self-supply, supplier, supply-side, supply-sider.

## Topics
- Energy & Industry

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