Crossword clues for procurement
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Procurement \Pro*cure"ment\, n.
The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment.
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Efficient contrivance; management; agency.
They think it done By her procurement.
--Dryden.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1300, "use of improper influence," from Old French procurement "management, stewardship" (13c.), from procurer (see procure). Meaning "process of bringing something about" (by the action of another) is from c.1400. Military use by 1949, American English.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The purchasing department of a company. 2 (context countable English) The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment. 3 Efficient contrivance; management; agency.
WordNet
n. the act of getting possession of something; "he was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies" [syn: procurance, procural]
Wikipedia
Procurement is the act of finding, acquiring, buying goods, services or works from an external source, often via a tendering or competitive bidding process. The process is used to ensure the buyer receives goods, services or works the best possible price, when aspects such as quality, quantity, time, and location are compared. Corporations and public bodies often define processes intended to promote fair and open competition for their business while minimizing risk, such as exposure to fraud and collusion.
Usage examples of "procurement".
The Congress overrode the military procurement bureaucracy and ordered them to accept the Jacobs Industries Protean Manjack as it was.
In the truest fashion of every light weapon developed by a committee, the procurement system finally developed specifications for the manjacks that transformed them from the original concept of a light, relatively simple automatic weapon on an automated tripod, into a virtual mini-tank.
Underlying possession, procreation, drive and procurement is our sense of human individuality or ego.
Possession, procreation and procurement presuppose the existence of the drive to act and to move.
Instead of running a procurement operation in Erfurt, first for the NUS and now for the SoTF with several dozen people working for him.
Almost all the civilian Grantville families in Erfurt were working with or for Dennis Stull on military procurement.
Navy procurement had approved it, and it was accepted by Navy aviators and was flying in combat, 536 different alterations were necessary before it was first-class.
Lando and Tendra were on their comlinks lauding the virtues of YVH war droids to suddenly receptive New Republic procurement officers.
Memoir: Parachute Logistics, Korean War, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, 1949-1950 Preface This memoir concerns a decision I made at the outbreak of the Korean War for procurement of aircrew emergency bailout parachutes for the United States Air Force (USAF).
And in the small Ranat tribe that scratched out a larger place for itself each day on this arid outpost world, that was, after all, his job: Reegesk the Trader, Reegesk the Barterer, Reegesk the Procurement Specialist Par Excellence.
And in the small Ranat tribe that scratched out a larger place for itself each day on this arid outpost world, that was, after all, his job Reegesk the Trader, Reegesk the Barterer, Reegesk the Procurement Specialist Par Excellence.
The byzantine complications of the Terran bidding process still baffled him--certainly there had been better firms, but the traditions of Earther government procurement could not be circumvented by straightforward Spacer logic.
But I got word Monday that the order for the next six prototypes is on hold, and the entire production run is in question - the Pentagon is Devaluating all development and procurement of all weapons platforms.
The General had picked the Armories as the site for the Office of Procurement.
In my view the best possible location for the Office of Procurement is still the Armories and if you feel so strongly about it you can hire someone else whose methods are less exacting than mine.