procurement

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Etymology

From Old French procurement, from procurer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈkjʊə.mənt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈkjʊəɹ.mənt/, /pɹoʊˈkjʊəɹ.mənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

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.
   • 1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe: A Tragedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1676, →OCLC, Act II, page 30:

     They think it done by her procurement.

   • 1878, The American Law Record, volume 6, page 679:

     The plaintiff, in her reply, further denies that she filed the petition, or that it was filed by her procurement.

Synonyms

• (act of procuring): acquirement, acquisition, procuration, obtainment

Derived terms

• chief procurement officer
• e-procurement
• indirect procurement
• nonprocurement
• preprocurement
• procurement lead time

Translations

purchasing department of a company

Bulgarian: снабдителен отдел m (snabditelen otdel) Chinese: Mandarin: 採購部門 / 采购部门 (cǎigòu bùmén) Danish: indkøbsafdeling c Dutch: inkoop (nl), inkoopafdeling (nl) Finnish: hankintaosasto, osto-osasto French: achats (fr) m pl Georgian: შესყიდვები (šesq̇idvebi), შესყიდვების განყოფილება (šesq̇idvebis ganq̇opileba), შესყიდვების დეპარტამენტი (šesq̇idvebis deṗarṭamenṭi) German: Einkauf (de) m Hungarian: beszerzés (hu) Italian: ufficio acquisti m Polish: zaopatrzenie (pl) n Portuguese: compras (pt), suprimentos (pt) Russian: отде́л заку́пок m (otdél zakúpok) Spanish: departamento de compras m, procuraduría (es) f Swedish: inköpsavdelning c Tagalog: pangalapan Turkish: satın alma (tr)

act of procuring or obtaining

Arabic: تَحْصِيْل (taḥṣiyl) Azerbaijani: tədarük (az) Bulgarian: доставка (bg) f (dostavka), снабдяване (bg) n (snabdjavane) Chinese: Mandarin: 採購 / 采购 (zh) (cǎigòu) Danish: indkøb (da) n, fremskaffelse (da) c Dutch: inkoop (nl), aanschaf (nl) Finnish: hankinta (fi), ostaminen (fi) French: obtention (fr) f Georgian: შესყიდვა (šesq̇idva), შეძენა (šeʒena) German: Beschaffung (de) Hungarian: beszerzés (hu) Indonesian: pengadaan (id) Irish: soláthar m Italian: acquisto (it) m, approvvigionamento (it) m, appalto (it) m Malay: pemerolehan Maori: whiwhinga Norwegian: Bokmål: anskaffelse m Polish: zaopatrzenie (pl) n Portuguese: obtenção (pt) f, aquisição (pt) f Russian: добыва́ние (ru) n (dobyvánije), заку́пка (ru) f (zakúpka) Spanish: procuración f, adquisición (es) f Swedish: upphandling (sv) c, inköp (sv) n Turkish: tedarik etme

efficient contrivance; management; agency

Italian: gestione (it) f

Old French

Alternative forms

• procurment (less common)

Etymology

procurer +‎ -ment.

Noun

procurement oblique singular, m (oblique plural procuremenz or procurementz, nominative singular procuremenz or procurementz, nominative plural procurement)

1. procurement; obtainment; obtention
2. persuasion
3. dishonest obtainment; obtainment by trickery

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (procurement)
• procurement on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub