procurement
English
Etymology
From Old French procurement, from procurer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɹəˈkjʊə.mənt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɹəˈkjʊəɹ.mənt/, /pɹoʊˈkjʊəɹ.mənt/
Noun
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.
- They think it done by her procurement. -Dryden.
Synonyms
- (act of procuring): acquirement, acquisition, procuration, obtainment
Derived terms
- chief procurement officer
Translations
purchasing department of a company
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act of procuring or obtaining
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Old French
Alternative forms
- procurment (less common)
Noun
procurement m (oblique plural procuremenz or procurementz, nominative singular procuremenz or procurementz, nominative plural procurement)
- procurement; obtainment; obtention
- persuasion
- dishonest obtainment; obtainment by trickery
References
- 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
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