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procurement|prəʊˈkjʊəmənt|
Forms: see procure; also 5 prokyr-.
[a. OF. procurement (13th c. in Godef.), f. procurer to procure: see -ment. (In ME. orig. ˈprocur-.)]
1. a. The action of causing, compassing, accomplishing, or bringing about, esp. through the instrumentality of an agent; management, arrangement; authorization, instigation; prompting, contrivance.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 5953 Ȝyf þou hyre one out of seruyse Þurgh ȝyft or þurgh procurment, Þou synnest gretly yn swych atent. c1400Chaucer's Pars. T. ⁋710 (Harl. 7334) He þat bieth þinges espiritueles..be it by procurement [six texts procurynge] or by fleisshly prayere of his frendes. c1440Promp. Parv. 414/2 Prokyrment, procuracio. 1534More Treat. Passion Wks. 1281/1 By the procurement of the dyuel. 1551Robinson tr. More's Utop. Title-p., Translated into Englyshe..at the procurement, and earnest request of George Tadlowe. 1615G. Sandys Trav. 46 He was poisoned..at the procurement of..his sonne. a1662Heylin Laud i. 181 Laud himself, by whose procurement his Majesties Declaration had been published. 1710Hearne Collect. (O.H.S.) III. 80 The old Testament was translated into Irish at y⊇ Procurement of Bp. Bedel. 1767Wesley Wks. (1872) III. 298 The bells began to ring, by the procurement of a neighbouring gentleman. 1845Stephen Comm. Laws Eng. (1874) II. 62 An act to be performed on his part or by his procurement. 1886Stevenson Kidnapped xxvii. 279 It was by his means and the procurement of my uncle, that I was kidnapped.
†b. An agent or instrument; a means. Obs.
1601Weever Mirr. Mart. E ij, Sir Roger Acton, in the priests displeasure, Of my escape was thought the chiefe procurement.
2. a. The action or process of obtaining by care or effort; acquisition, attainment, getting, gaining.
1612T. Taylor Comm. Titus i. 9 By all good meanes they labour the procurement and presence of it. 1629Symmer Spir. Posie Ep. A ij b, The witty industry of man about the procurement of artificial smels. 1702S. Parker tr. Cicero's De Finibus i. 23 Frequently..Pain and Labour prove a necessary Means towards the procurement of Exquisite Pleasures. 1847–8H. Miller First Impr. viii. (1857) 122 Luxuries of difficult procurement. 1882H. W. Beecher in Chr. World 20 Apr. 251/3 Within proper bounds, the procurement of riches is training in morality.
†b. A thing procured or obtained; an acquisition.
1753N. Torriano Midwifry 4 Nor is there now for Man any Pleasure or Procurement whatsoever without Labour to be had.
3. Mil. The action or process of procuring equipment and supplies. Freq. attrib.
1957[see logistical a. 4]. 1958Times Rev. Industry Mar. 9/2 Strategic materials on the active stockpiling list had reached their procurement priority levels by the middle of last year. 1966Amer. Speech XLI. 300 It receives the plans and decisions of the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Air Force, and its own Chief of Staff, and translates them into training, logistic, and procurement programs. 1966Electronics 17 Oct. 103 It is this growth in avionics complexity that is making military procurement officers insist on built-in test capability. 1977R.A.F. News 30 Mar.–12 Apr. 10/4 It is then the task of the operational requirements staff to define the parameters in a detailed operational requirement which..is passed to the Procurement Executive who put it to industry to see how it can best be met. |