供給|きょうきゅうkyoukyuu[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbsupply; provision
   水みずは外側そとがわから供給きょうきゅうされた。↗

   Water was supplied from outside.

• Synonym支給しきゅうNeutralPays out money or goods such as 「交通費を支給する」, usually to employees or members; 「供給」 is supplying the market or those who need something.
• SynonymサプライNeutralLoanword used mostly in compounds like 「サプライチェーン」; rarely stands alone. In everyday speech, say 「供給」.
• Synonym供与きょうよWrittenWritten, formal term for providing funds, technology and the like, as in 「技術供与」; common in diplomacy and business.
• Synonym提供ていきょうNeutralOffering something for people to use, as in 「情報提供」; also covers sponsoring TV programs. Not limited to economic supply.
• Related配給はいきゅうNeutralDistribution or rationing, as in 「映画の配給」 and 「食料の配給」; carries the nuance of handing things out to various places.
• Related給付きゅうふNeutralPaying out money or goods, mainly for social security and benefits, as in 「給付金」.
• Related給与きゅうよNeutralMeans pay or salary, and also the paying out of it, as in 「給与明細」; used mainly in employment contexts.
• Related給するきゅうするWrittenRare written word for supplying or providing, seen mainly in rules and regulations, e.g. 「旅費を給する」; not everyday language.
• RelatedあてがうNeutralTo assign or hand something to someone, sometimes with a casual, make-do nuance, as in 「子供におもちゃをあてがう」.
• Antonym需要じゅようNeutralDemand; in economics it forms the standard pair with 「供給」, as in supply and demand.
• Antonym消費しょうひNeutralUsing up or consuming, as in 「エネルギー消費」; stands opposite 「供給」 on the supply-and-use axis.

Use 「供給」 for supplying goods, energy and services to the market or those who need them. For paying money or goods to employees use 「支給」, for benefits 「給付」, for distributing or rationing 「配給」, and for putting something at people's disposal 「提供」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 必要ひつような物ものを相手あいてに与あたえること。
2. 財ざいやサービスを提供ていきょうしようとする経済けいざい活動かつどう。