| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Essential supply | Military | A commodity which is essential for the prosecution of the war in the survival period, or for national survival in that period, and which should be discharged as soon as circumstances permit. This will comprise such things as food, refined petroleum, oils, and lubricants, and medical stores. See also cargo. (references) | |
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