Welche Bedeutung steckt hinter der hier vorgestellten Vokabel aus dem Bereich Trade fair?

Stephanie: 'How many of the exhibitors are you actually interested in visiting?' Rod: 'I have several on my list - our main suppliers, plus a couple of competitors. They usually ply everyone with freebies to hide the fact that you have to wait ages for someone on the stand to talk to!'

to ply somebody with something

Do you know what it means?

• to provide somebody repeatedly with something
• to talk to someone at length about something
• to donate something reluctantly to someone