procurement

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

procurement
    n 1: the act of getting possession of something; "he was
         responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies"
         [syn: {procurement}, {procurance}, {procural}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Procurement \Pro*cure"ment\, n.
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   1. The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment.
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   2. Efficient contrivance; management; agency.
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            They think it done
            By her procurement.                   --Dryden.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

52 Moby Thesaurus words for "procurement":
      accession, accouterment, acquirement, acquisition, addition,
      armament, attainment, catering, chandlery, coming by,
      dragging down, earnings, endowment, equipment, finding,
      fitting out, furnishing, furnishment, gaining, getting,
      getting hold of, investment, logistics, making, moneygetting,
      moneygrubbing, moneymaking, obtainment, obtention, outfitting,
      preparation, procural, procurance, procuration, providing,
      provision, provisioning, purveyance, reinforcement, replenishment,
      resupply, retailing, securement, selling, subsidization, subsidy,
      subvention, supply, supplying, trover, victualing, winning