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self-supply

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

Verb

self-supply (third-person singular simple present self-supplies, present participle self-supplying, simple past and past participle self-supplied)

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

Noun

self-supply (uncountable)

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

Forms of self-supply

third-person singular presentself-supplies
present participleself-supplying
past participleself-supplied
pastself-supplied

Origin of self-supply

From self- + supply.

Words formed from self-supply

Questions about self-supply

What does self-supply mean?
Self-supply means to provide water, electricity, etc. to one's own premises on a retail basis by obtaining a special license from the utility provider.
What part of speech is self-supply?
Self-supply can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of self-supply?
The past tense of self-supply is self-supplied.

Words near self-supply in the dictionary

  1. self-suggestive
  2. self-supplied
  3. self-supplier
  4. self-suppliers
  5. self-supplies
  6. self-supply
  7. self-supplying
  8. self-support
  9. self-supported
  10. self-supporting
  11. self-sure

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