Dictionary

procurement en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /pɹəˈkjʊə.mənt/
• /pɹəˈkjʊəɹ.mənt/ (General-American)
• /pɹoʊˈkjʊəɹ.mənt/ (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

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. (countable, uncountable) 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:

Forms

Deriveds

preprocurement · chief procurement officer · procurement lead time · nonprocurement

Hyponyms

e-procurement · indirect procurement

Synonyms

obtainment (act of procuring) · acquirement (act of procuring) · procuration (act of procuring) · acquisition (act of procuring)

Translations (57)

enm procurement (efficient contrivance; management; agency) · ru заку́пка (act of procuring or obtaining) · fr achats (purchasing department of a company) · sv inköp (act of procuring or obtaining) · fi hankinta (act of procuring or obtaining) · nb anskaffelse (act of procuring or obtaining) · bg снабдителен отдел (purchasing department of a company) · hu beszerzés (purchasing department of a company) · az tədarük (act of procuring or obtaining) · de Einkauf (purchasing department of a company) · ka შესყიდვა (act of procuring or obtaining) · pl zaopatrzenie (act of procuring or obtaining) · ru отде́л заку́пок (purchasing department of a company) · it appalto (act of procuring or obtaining) · bg доставка (act of procuring or obtaining) · ka შეძენა (act of procuring or obtaining) · it acquisto (act of procuring or obtaining) · nl aanschaf (act of procuring or obtaining) · ga soláthar (act of procuring or obtaining) · hu beszerzés (act of procuring or obtaining) · ka შესყიდვები (purchasing department of a company) · tr tedarik etme (act of procuring or obtaining) · ar تَحْصِيْل (act of procuring or obtaining) · it gestione (efficient contrivance; management; agency) · pl zaopatrzenie (purchasing department of a company) · pt suprimentos (purchasing department of a company) · bg снабдяване (act of procuring or obtaining) · nl inkoop (purchasing department of a company) · de Beschaffung (act of procuring or obtaining) · it ufficio acquisti (purchasing department of a company) · nl inkoop (act of procuring or obtaining) · mi whiwhinga (act of procuring or obtaining) · id pengadaan (act of procuring or obtaining) · sv upphandling (act of procuring or obtaining) · ka შესყიდვების განყოფილება (purchasing department of a company) · tr satın alma (purchasing department of a company) · pt compras (purchasing department of a company) · ru добыва́ние (act of procuring or obtaining) · pt aquisição (act of procuring or obtaining) · fr obtention (act of procuring or obtaining) · tl pangalapan (purchasing department of a company) · cmn 採購部門 /采购部门 (purchasing department of a company) · da indkøbsafdeling (purchasing department of a company) · da indkøb (act of procuring or obtaining) · es procuraduría (purchasing department of a company) · fi hankintaosasto (purchasing department of a company) · it approvvigionamento (act of procuring or obtaining) · da fremskaffelse (act of procuring or obtaining) · sv inköpsavdelning (purchasing department of a company) · es departamento de compras (purchasing department of a company) · fi ostaminen (act of procuring or obtaining) · pt obtenção (act of procuring or obtaining) · fi osto-osasto (purchasing department of a company) · ms pemerolehan (act of procuring or obtaining) · nl inkoopafdeling (purchasing department of a company) · cmn 採購 /采购 (act of procuring or obtaining) · ka შესყიდვების დეპარტამენტი (purchasing department of a company)