procurement
nounUS /pɹəˈkjʊəɹ.mənt/ · /pɹəˈkjʊə.mənt/
Etymology Inherited from Middle English procurement, from Old French procurement, from procurer.
1
The purchasing department of a company.
2
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; management; agency.
- They think it done by her procurement.1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe: A Tragedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1676, →OCLC, Act II, page 30:
- The plaintiff, in her reply, further denies that she filed the petition, or that it was filed by her procurement.1878, The American Law Record, volume 6, page 679:
- Synonyms
- acquirement, acquisition, procuration, obtainment
- Derived terms
- chief procurement officer, nonprocurement, preprocurement, procurement lead time
- Hyponyms
- e-procurement, indirect procurement