Plumbing Definition–noun | 1. | the system of pipes and other apparatus for conveying water, liquid wastes, etc., as in a building. | | 2. | the work or trade of a plumber. | | 3. | act of a person who plumbs, as in ascertaining depth. | |
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Supply Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite: to supply someone clothing; to supply a community with electricity. | | 2. | to furnish or provide (something wanting or requisite): to supply electricity to a community. | | 3. | to make up, compensate for, or satisfy (a deficiency, loss, need, etc.): The TVA supplied the need for cheap electricity. | | 4. | to fill or occupy as a substitute, as a vacancy, a pulpit, etc.: During the summer local clergymen will supply the pulpit. | –verb (used without object) | 5. | to fill the place of another, esp. the pulpit of a church, temporarily or as a substitute: Who will supply until the new minister arrives? | –noun | 6. | the act of supplying, furnishing, providing, satisfying, etc.: to begin the supply of household help. | | 7. | something that is supplied: The storm cut off our water supply. | | 8. | a quantity of something on hand or available, as for use; a stock or store: Di
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d you see our new supply of shirts? | | 9. | Usually, supplies. a provision, stock, or store of food or other things necessary for maintenance: to lay in supplies for the winter. | | 10. | Economics. the quantity of a commodity that is in the market and available for purchase or that is available for purchase at a particular price. | | 11. | supplies, Military. | a. | all items necessary for the equipment, maintenance, and operation of a military command, including food, clothing, arms, ammunition, fuel, materials, and machinery. | | b. | procurement, distribution, maintenance, and salvage of supplies. | | | 12. | a person who fills a vacancy or takes the place of another, esp. temporarily. | |
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