procurement

noun
/pɹəˈkjʊə.mənt//pɹəˈkjʊəɹ.mənt/US

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English procurement, from Old French procurement, from procurer.

  1. inherited from procurement

Definitions

  1. The purchasing department of a company.

  2. The act of procuring or obtaining

    The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment.

    • He was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies.
    • I have a lot of experience in the procurement of construction materials and sub-contracts.
  3. Efficient contrivance

    Efficient contrivance; management; agency.

    • They think it done by her procurement.
    • The plaintiff, in her reply, further denies that she filed the petition, or that it was filed by her procurement.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for procurement. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA