provision supply supplying | the activity of supplying or providing something |
buffer buffer storage buffer store | (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device, used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system |
building supply store building supply house | a store where builders can purchase materials for building houses and related structures |
chain store | one of a chain of retail stores under the same management and selling the same merchandise |
clothing store haberdashery haberdashery store mens store | a store where men's clothes are sold |
computer store | a store that sells computers to the small businessperson or personal user |
confectionery confectionary candy store | a confectioner's shop |
convenience store | a store selling a limited variety of food and pharmaceutical items, open long hours for the convenience of customers |
country store general store trading post | a retail store serving a sparsely populated region, usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise |
department store emporium | a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise, commonly part of a retail chain |
discount house discount store discounter wholesale house | a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price |
florist florist shop flower store | a shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold |
grocery store grocery food market market | a marketplace where groceries are sold, the grocery store included a meat market |
hardware store ironmonger ironmonger's shop | a store selling hardware, in Great Britain they used to call a hardware store an ironmonger's shop |
home appliance household appliance | an appliance that does a particular job in the home |
magazine powder store powder magazine | a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored |
memory computer memory storage computer storage store memory board | an electronic memory device, a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached |
mercantile establishment retail store sales outlet outlet | a place of business for retailing goods |
munition ordnance ordnance store | military supplies |
package store liquor store off-licence | a store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere |
push-down storage push-down store stack | a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO) |
shoe shop shoe-shop shoe store | a shop where shoes are sold |
shop store | a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services, he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod |
specialty store | a store that sells only one kind of merchandise |
storehouse depot entrepot storage store | a depository for goods, storehouses were built close to the docks |
supply chamber | a mechanical device for holding something and supplying it as needed |
supply closet | a closet for storing supplies |
tender supply ship | ship that usually provides supplies to other ships |
thriftshop second-hand store | a shop that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices |
water system water supply water | a facility that provides a source of water, the town debated the purification of the water supply, first you have to cut off the water |
white goods household linen | drygoods for household use that are typically made of white cloth |
home economics home ec domestic science household arts | theory and practice of homemaking |
supply-side economics | the school of economic theory that stresses the costs of production as a means of stimulating the economy, advocates policies that raise capital and labor output by increasing the incentive to produce |
rat cheese store cheese | informal names for American cheddar |
jewelry dealer jewelry store | a firm that sells and buys jewelry |
family household house home menage | a social unit living together, he moved his family to Virginia, It was a good Christian household, I waited until the whole house was asleep, the teacher asked how many people made up his home |
supply line supply route | a route over which supplies can be delivered |
head of household | the head of a household or family or tribe |
store detective | a private detective employed by a merchant to stop pilferage |
supply officer | a commissioned officer responsible for logistics |
money supply | the total stock of money in the economy, currency held by the public plus money in accounts in banks |
store stock fund | a supply of something available for future use, he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars |
supply | offering goods and services for sale |
supply | an amount of something available for use |
add append supply | state or say further, `It doesn't matter,' he supplied |
provide supply ply cater | give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance, The hostess provided lunch for all the guests |
store hive away lay in put in salt away stack away stash away | keep or lay aside for future use, store grain for the winter, The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat |
store | find a place for and put away for storage, where should we stow the vegetables?, I couldn't store all the books in the attic so I sold some |
supply provide render furnish | give something useful or necessary to, We provided the room with an electrical heater |
issue supply | circulate or distribute or equip with, issue a new uniform to the children, supply blankets for the beds |