procurement

English

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
• 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
• 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

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

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 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