procurement
noun/pɹəˈkjʊə.mənt//pɹəˈkjʊəɹ.mənt/US
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English procurement, from Old French procurement, from procurer.
- inherited from procurement
Definitions
The purchasing department of a company.
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.
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
Vish — recursive loop
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