furnishes

Furnishes is the third-person singular present tense of the verb furnish. It means to provide or supply something, especially equipment, materials, or services, or to provide information or documents. The term can apply to physical items, as in furnishing a room with furniture and appliances, or to non-physical items, such as furnishing proof or data.

Construction and usage: furnish is transitive and typically takes a direct object and, often, a with-phrase. Examples: The contractor furnishes the building with all required materials. The insurer furnishes policy documents to the insured. The city furnishes residents with water and electricity. In real estate, a property described as furnished is supplied with furniture; unfurnished denotes the absence of such items.

Etymology: furnish comes from Old French furnir, meaning to provide or supply, with English usage dating to the medieval period.

Related forms: furnished (past tense and adjective), furnishing (the act or process of supplying or the items supplied), furnishings (the furniture and fittings of a room or building). In formal writing, furnish is often used in a formal or legal context as a synonym for provide or supply, as in “to furnish evidence” or “to furnish documentation.”