(politics) In a parliamentary democracy based on the Westminster system, an agreement by a party or individual members to support the government in motions of confidence and appropriation or budget (supply) votes, by either voting in favour or abstaining.

present participle of self-supply

To provide water, electricity, etc. to one's own premises on a retail basis by obtaining a special license from the utility provider.

The provision of water, electricity, etc. to one's own premises on a retail basis by obtaining a special license from the utility provider.

(Catholicism, Anglicanism) A priest not assigned to a particular parish who is available to substitute temporarily for a parish priest who is ill, on vacation, or otherwise unavailable.

plural of supply priest

(law) Provide.

(politics) The refusal by the legislature of a parliamentary democracy to provide the government with funding required for the government to continue to function, forcing either the resignation of the sitting government (and the formation of a new government), or else the dissolution of the legislature and the calling of a general election.

plural of loss of supply

The provision of water by public utilities, commercial organisations, community endeavors or by individuals, usually via a system of pumps and pipes.