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purveyance |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Purveyance \Pur*vey"ance\, n. [Cf. F. pourvoyance.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: purveyance n : the act of supplying something
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