deal in vs supply

deal in

verb
  • To accept (something or a piece of information) as a basis for a decision. 

  • To trade (buy and sell) a named commodity. 

  • To deal cards to someone entering a game; to enter someone into a game by dealing cards to that person. 

  • To have an interest in something. 

supply

verb
  • To provide (something), to make (something) available for use. 

  • To furnish or equip with. 

  • To fill up, or keep full. 

  • To act as a substitute. 

  • To serve instead of; to take the place of. 

  • To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of. 

  • To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of. 

noun
  • An amount of something supplied. 

  • An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures. 

  • Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute. 

  • Provisions. 

  • The act of supplying. 

adv
  • Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness. 

How often have the words deal in and supply occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )