procurement

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

Inherited from Middle English procurement, from Old French procurement, from procurer.

"Though it might reduce procurement costs on toilet seats and ashtrays if they did." — The Samurai Strategy, Thomas Hoover
[116] This expression may signify as well the murder of young children, as the procurement of abortion; both which crimes were severely punished by the German laws. — The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus, Cornelius Tacitus
“Thee, greatest Theseus,” said they, “Marathon[78] admired for {shedding} the blood of the Cretan bull; and that the husbandman ploughs Cromyon[79] in safety from the boar, is thy procurement and thy work. — The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII, Ovid

procurance, procural

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