Definition of reply | Bee Dictionary of English

n a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
n the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
he growled his reply
v react verbally

The Big News in Cuba
In 2010 I participated in a conversation with Fidel Castro, when, in reply to a question about whether Cuba was still 'exporting' its 'model' to Latin America, he inadvertently caused an international media firestorm by replying—"the Cuban model doesn't even work for us anymore."
June 19, 2013 - Foreign Relations
Sorin Group Launches REPLY(TM) 200 Family of Pacemakers with Sleep Apnea Monitoring for Better Management of ...
MILAN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sorin Group announces CE mark approval and European commercial launch of the REPLY ™ 200 family of pacemakers featuring Sleep Apnea Monitoring (SAM) .
June 18, 2013 - Business Wire
Reply Comment Deadline Extended in Proposed 5 GHz Unlicensed Broadband Expansion
The FCC this week extended until July 24 the deadline to file reply comments in its proceeding to allow unlicensed National Information Infrastructure (U-NII) devices at 5 GHz. The FCC in February sought comment on making available an additional 195 megahertz of spectrum in the 5.35-5.47 GHz and 5.85-5.925 GHz bands for U-NII use. Reply comments are responses to comments already filed in the pr...
June 18, 2013 - ARRL Amateur Radio News

Lindsay Lohan in LAist (blog)
In a Twitter reply to one of her friends, Lohan wrote: didn't we do our nails as a joke with our friend dc? It had nothing to do w/court. it's an airbrush design from a stencil xx,'according to the Vancouver Sun.
Joe Manchin in Wheeling Intelligencer
I appreciate the attorney general for rendering such a swift reply in accordance to my recent request seeking his opinion on the state's succession law to fill the vacancy left by the passing of our beloved US Senator Robert C. Byrd,Manchin...
President Bush in CNN
First, we will hear and listen to what he is going to say, and then to what he says we will reply with a constructive approach equal to their approach to our package. How the other parties approach that package, we will have the same approach to... Manouchehr Mottaki http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manouchehr_Mottaki&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEhJtz3QH84E9clwXHW8_P03zL6QQ Los Angeles Times http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/wire/sns-ap-us-iran,1,4231572.story%3Fcoll%3Dsns-ap-politics-headlines&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGQ-ceVTXuddGQ-nBOtRWraPlJMBg Nov 18, 2004 82756 110328 report Steroids have sullied the game, and players and the owners must take the Mitchell report seriously; I'm confident they will," Bush said. "And my hope is that this report is a part of putting the 'steroid era' of baseball behind us."