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5 N‑COUNT A supplement to a book is an additional section, written some time after the main text and published either at the end of the book or separately. □ [+ to ] …the supplement to the Encyclopedia Britannica.

6 N‑COUNT A supplement is an extra amount of money that you pay in order to obtain special facilities or services, for example when you are travelling or staying at a hotel. □  If you are travelling alone, the single room supplement is £11 a night.

7 N‑COUNT [usu N n] A supplement is an extra amount of money that is paid to someone, in addition to their normal pension or income. □  Some people may be entitled to a housing benefit supplement. □ [+ to ] …people who need a supplement to their basic pension.

sup|plemen|tal /sʌ pl I me nt ^ə l/ ADJ [ADJ n] Supplemental means the same as supplementary . [mainly AM , FORMAL ] □  You'll probably be able to buy supplemental insurance at an extra cost.

sup|plemen|ta|ry /sʌ pl I me ntri, [AM ] -teri/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Supplementary things are added to something in order to improve it. □  …the question of whether or not we need to take supplementary vitamins. □  Provide them with additional background or with supplementary information.

sup|plemen|ta|tion /sʌ pl I mənte I ʃ ^ə n/ N‑UNCOUNT Supplementation is the use of pills or special types of food in order to improve your health. [MEDICAL ] □  The product provided inadequate vitamin and mineral supplementation.

sup|pli|cant /sʌ pl I kənt/ (supplicants ) N‑COUNT A supplicant is a person who prays to God or respectfully asks an important person to help them or to give them something that they want very much. [FORMAL ] □  He flung himself down in the flat submissive posture of a mere supplicant.

sup|pli|ca|tion /sʌ pl I ke I ʃ ^ə n/ (supplications ) N‑VAR A supplication is a prayer to God or a respectful request to someone in authority for help. [FORMAL ] □  He raised his arms in a gesture of supplication.

sup|plied /səpla I d/

1 ADJ [v-link ADJ with n] If you say that a person or place is well supplied with particular things, you mean that they have a large number of them. □  France is abundantly supplied with excellent family-run hotels.

2 → see also supply

sup|pli|er /səpla I ə ^r / (suppliers ) N‑COUNT [oft N n] A supplier is a person, company, or organization that sells or supplies something such as goods or equipment to customers. [BUSINESS ] □  …one of the U.K.'s biggest food suppliers. [Also + of ]

sup|ply ◆◆◇ /səpla I / (supplies , supplying , supplied )

1 VERB If you supply someone with something that they want or need, you give them a quantity of it. □ [V n] …an agreement not to produce or supply chemical weapons. □ [V n + with ] Tourist offices will supply you with a free basic street map. □ [V n + to ] …the blood vessels supplying oxygen to the brain.

2 N‑PLURAL [oft n N ] You can use supplies to refer to food, equipment, and other essential things that people need, especially when these are provided in large quantities. □  What happens when food and gasoline supplies run low? □  The country's only supplies are those it can import by lorry from Vietnam.

3 N‑VAR [n N ] A supply of something is an amount of it which someone has or which is available for them to use. □ [+ of ] The brain requires a constant supply of oxygen. □  Most urban water supplies in the country now contain fluoride.

4 N‑UNCOUNT Supply is the quantity of goods and services that can be made available for people to buy. [BUSINESS ] □  Prices change according to supply and demand.