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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Procurement \Pro*cure"ment\, noun
1. The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment.
2. Efficient contrivance; management; agency.
They think it done By her procurement. --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
procurement
noun: the act of getting possession of something; "he was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies" [syn: {procurance}, {procural}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "procurement": 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
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