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procurement

/pɹəˈkjʊə.mənt/US/pɹəˈkjʊəɹ.mənt/

procurement noun: the purchasing department of a company.

Noun

procurement (countable and uncountable, plural procurements)

  1. (uncountable) The purchasing department of a company.
  2. (countable) The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment.
    • He was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies.
    • I have a lot of experience in the procurement of construction materials and sub-contracts.
  3. Efficient contrivance; management; agency.
    • They think it done by her procurement.1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe: A Tragedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1676, →OCLC, Act II, page 30
    • The plaintiff, in her reply, further denies that she filed the petition, or that it was filed by her procurement.1878, The American Law Record, volume 6, page 679

procurement meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

procurement in Tamil

கொள்முதல், முயன்று பெறுதல்

procurement in Bengali

আসাদন, আহরণ

procurement in Malayalam

ശേഖരണം, സമ്പാദനം

procurement in Kannada

ಸಂಪಾದನೆ, ಸಂಗ್ರಹಣೆ, ಸಂಗ್ರಹಿಸುವುದು, ಪಡೆಯುವುದು, ಪ್ರಾಪ್ತಿ, ಪಡೆಯುವಿಕೆ
More languagesFewer languages
procurement in Tagalog
pangalapan
procurement in Arabic
تَحْصِيْل taḥṣiyl
procurement in Malay
pemerolehan
procurement in Indonesian
pengadaan

Examples of procurement in a sentence

  • Joint procurement of weapons by the European Defence Agency has been introduced for the first time.
  • A cold chain refers to the procurement, warehousing, transportation, and retailing of products under controlled temperature conditions.
  • The metamediary also provides multiple services—such as payment settlement, fulfillment, quality assurance, and procurement management.

All 17 example sentences with procurement

Synonyms of procurement

Forms of procurement

pluralprocurements

Plural of procurement: procurements

Origin of procurement

Inherited from Middle English procurement, from Old French procurement, from procurer.

Words formed from procurement

Phrases with procurement

Questions about procurement

What does procurement mean?
Procurement means the purchasing department of a company.
What is procurement in Tamil?
Procurement in Tamil is கொள்முதல், முயன்று பெறுதல். See Procurement meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is procurement?
Procurement is a noun.
How do you pronounce procurement?
Procurement is pronounced /pɹəˈkjʊə.mənt/.
What is the plural of procurement?
The plural of procurement is procurements.

Words near procurement in the dictionary

  1. procuratrix
  2. procuratrixes
  3. procure
  4. procure to pay
  5. procured
  6. procurement
  7. procurement lead time
  8. procurement lead times
  9. procurements
  10. procurer
  11. procurers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: procurement (page history and authors); procurement (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); procurement (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); procurement (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); procurement (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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