procurement

English

Etymology

From Old French procurement, from procurer.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

procurement (countable and uncountable, plural procurements)

(uncountable) The purchasing department of a company.
(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.
Efficient contrivance; management; agency.
They think it done by her procurement. -Dryden.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

chief procurement officer

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
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 закупа (otdél zakupa)
Spanish: departamento de compras
Swedish: inköpsavdelning c
Tagalog: pangalapan

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 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)
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: добывание (ru) (dobyvanije), закупка (ru) f (zakupka)
Swedish: upphandling (sv) c, inköp (sv) n

efficient contrivance; management; agency

Italian: gestione (it) f

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Translations to be checked

Spanish: ^{(please verify)} consecución (es) f, ^{(please verify)} adquisición (es) f, ^{(please verify)} abastecimiento (es) m

Old French

Alternative forms

procurment (less common)

Etymology

procurer +‎ -ment.

Noun

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

procurement; obtainment; obtention
persuasion
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