commissariat

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

commissariat
    n 1: a stock or supply of foods [syn: {commissariat},
         {provisions}, {provender}, {viands}, {victuals}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Commissariat \Com`mis*sa"ri*at\ (?; 277), n. [F. commissariat.]
   (Mil.)
   (a) The organized system by which armies and military posts
       are supplied with food and daily necessaries.
   (b) The body of officers charged with such service.
       [1913 Webster]

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

COMMISSARIATE. The whole body of officers who act in the department of the 
commissary, are called the, commissariate.

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