Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of the nature of a supplement; serving to supplement; additional; added to supply what is wanted.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Added to supply what is wanted; additional; being, or serving as, a supplement.
- adjective (Physiol.) the air which in addition to the residual air remains in the lungs after ordinary expiration, but which, unlike the residual air, can be expelled; reserve air.
- adjective (Equity) a bill filed in aid of an original bill to supply some deffect in the latter, or to set forth new facts which can not be done by amendment.
- adjective (Math.) in an ellipse or hyperbola, any two chords drawn through the extremities of a diameter, and intersecting on the curve.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Acting to
supplement . - adjective
Appending . - adjective Lacking a
regular schedule (as in a supplementalairline ). - noun Something that supplements or adds to.
- noun A
requisition or article oflegislation that provides additional funding for a program.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective functioning in a supporting capacity
- adjective added to complete or make up a deficiency
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Examples
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Iraq's electrical infrastructure, which is the number one line item in the spending package, what we call the supplemental package for the reconstruction of Iraq.
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And, frankly, the penalties -- when the FAA goes back in and finds that work hasn't been done correctly, what they call the supplemental pipe certification -- that's the approval to put in these kinds of systems in a certain way -- when they find that it hasn't been done correctly, the penalties really are not severe enough.
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Recently, I signed what they call a supplemental bill.
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Beginning next year the Census will publish figures that take into account the costs of medical care, transportation and child care as well tax credits in supplemental data (however, the official poverty rate will not change).
Here's Life Inner City: Exploring America's Poverty Assessment Here 2010
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Beginning next year the Census will publish figures that take into account the costs of medical care, transportation and child care as well tax credits in supplemental data (however, the official poverty rate will not change).
Here's Life Inner City: Exploring America's Poverty Assessment Here's Life Inner City 2010
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Brian Baer has pleaded guilty to a charge he improperly collected 21-thousand dollars in supplemental pay after telling his bosses in Hamilton County he'd been called to Army Reserve duty in February 2003.
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While the greater story is about siding with one evil to defeat a greater evil, the individual characters are involved in supplemental sub-plots that directly affect them on personal levels.
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But it can be added back in supplemental spending bills.
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At N.C. State, Yow receives a base salary of $350,000, with an additional $100,000 in supplemental compensation.
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Beginning next year the Census will publish figures that take into account the costs of medical care, transportation and child care as well tax credits in supplemental data (however, the official poverty rate will not change).
Here's Life Inner City: Exploring America's Poverty Assessment Here's Life Inner City 2010
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