provisionment
provisionment noun: the supplying of provisions.
Noun
provisionment (countable and uncountable, plural provisionments)
- The supplying of provisions.
- But the Spanish Fathers […] came into a hostile country, carrying little provisionment but their breviary and crucifix.1927, Willa Cather, Death Comes for the Archbishop, Book IX, section 4, page 278-279
- Those were wartime provisionments, with Michel being granted "economy" (i.e., commission) contract arrangements; the navy thereby consented to bear much of the risk and cost, including costs engendered by long delays en route, as in 1747-1748, when six cargoes of Michel's masts were tied up in...1988, Paul Walden Bamford, Privilege and Profit: A Business Family in Eighteenth-Century France
Forms of provisionment
| plural | provisionments |
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Origin of provisionment
From provision + -ment.
Words formed from provisionment
Questions about provisionment
- What does provisionment mean?
- Provisionment means the supplying of provisions.
- What part of speech is provisionment?
- Provisionment is a noun.
- What is the plural of provisionment?
- The plural of provisionment is provisionments.
Words near provisionment in the dictionary
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