Procurement

Noun

 * 1)  The purchasing department of a company.
 * 2)  The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment.
 * He was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies.
 * 1) Efficient contrivance; management; agency.
 * They think it done by her procurement. -Dryden.

Derived terms

 * chief procurement officer

Thesaurus
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

Translations

 * Danish: indkøbsafdeling
 * Dutch: inkoop, inkoopafdeling
 * Finnish: hankintaosasto, osto-osasto
 * French:


 * German: Einkauf
 * Hungarian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: compras, suprimentos


 * Danish: indkøb, fremskaffelse
 * Dutch: inkoop
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: Beschaffung


 * Hungarian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:


 * : consecución, adquisición, abastecimiento


 * : aquisição