purveyance
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pur·vey
(pər-vā′, pûr′vā′)tr.v. pur·veyed, pur·vey·ing, pur·veys
1. To supply or sell (food, for example).
2. To seek to disseminate: ideas purveyed by political extremists.
[Middle English purveien, from Anglo-Norman purveier, from Latin prōvidēre; see provide.]
pur·vey′ance n.
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purveyance
(pəˈveɪəns)n
1. (Historical Terms) history the collection or requisition of provisions for a sovereign
2. rare the act of purveying
3. rare that which is purveyed
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pur•vey•ance
(pərˈveɪ əns)n.
1. the act of purveying.
2. something purveyed, as provisions.
[1225–75; Middle English purvea(u)nce, purvya(u)nce < Old French purveance « Latin prōvidentia. See providence, purvey]
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purveyance
n (form: = sale) → Verkauf m; the purveyance of food to the Navy → die Lieferung von Lebensmitteln an die Marine
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