purveyance

1. n. The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management. Source: opted

2. n. That which is provided; provisions; food. Source: opted

3. n. A providing necessaries for the sovereign by buying them at an appraised value in preference to all others, and oven without the owner's consent. This was formerly a royal prerogative, but has long been abolished. Source: opted

4. n. the act of supplying something Source: wordnet

5. 1. The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management. Chaucer. The ill purveyance of his page. Spenser. 2. That which is provided; provisions; food. 3. (Eng. Law) A providing necessaries for the sovereign by buying them at an appraised value in preference to all others, and oven without the owner's consent. This was formerly a royal prerogative, but has long been abolished. Wharton. Source: webster

6. A providing necessaries for the sovereign by buying them at anappraised value in preference to all others, and oven without theowner's consent. This was formerly a royal prerogative, but has longbeen abolished. Wharton. Source: adambom

7. n. the act of supplying something Source: ecdict

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