1) a kind of black mineral that burns and supplies heat (coal)

2) careful in using money, time, supplies etc (economical)

3) to save (money, supplies etc); use or spend less than before (economize)

4) temporary (while more information is prepared, more supplies are obtained etc); during the period of time in-between (interim)

5) an apparatus used for a jump form a plane or for dropping supplies etc (parachute)

6) the act of providing; preparation (especially for future needs); food; food supplies (provision)

7) to put fresh supplies into or onto (something) (restock)

8) an operation of armed forces who surround a town etc and prevent supplies from going in (siege)

9) a business association that supplies articles, cartoons etc to magazines; a group of businesses associated for a common purpose (syndicate)