procurement
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French procurement, from procurer.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /pɹəˈkjʊə.mənt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɹəˈkjʊəɹ.mənt/, /pɹoʊˈkjʊəɹ.mənt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun edit
procurement (countable and uncountable, plural procurements)
- (uncountable) The purchasing department of a company.
- (countable) 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; management; agency.
- 1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe: A Tragedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1676, →OCLC, Act II, page 30:
- They think it done by her procurement.
- 1878, The American Law Record, volume 6, page 679:
- The plaintiff, in her reply, further denies that she filed the petition, or that it was filed by her procurement.
Synonyms edit
- (act of procuring): acquirement, acquisition, procuration, obtainment
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
purchasing department of a company
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act of procuring or obtaining
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Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
- procurment (less common)
Etymology edit
Noun edit
procurement oblique singular, m (oblique plural procuremenz or procurementz, nominative singular procuremenz or procurementz, nominative plural procurement)
- procurement; obtainment; obtention
- persuasion
- dishonest obtainment; obtainment by trickery
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (procurement)
- procurement on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub