Look up: procurement

1. Procurement
   The process of buying in goods or services from an external provider. Covers everything from determining the need for new goods to buying, delivering and storing them.
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2. procurement
   [n] - the act of getting possession of something
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
3. procurement
   the activities performed by a purchaser or his designated representative for obtaining an item or service Category: Nuclear industry (with applied atomic and nuclear physics)
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
4. Procurement
   Pro·cure'ment noun 1. The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment. 2. Efficient contrivance; management; agency. « They think it done By her procurement .» Dryden.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/167
   
   
5. procurement
   procurance noun the act of getting possession of something; `he was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies`
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6. Procurement
   • (n.) The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment. • (n.) Efficient contrivance; management; agency.
   Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
   
   
7. Procurement
   See government procurement.
   Found on http://www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/
   
   
8. Procurement
   The term used to describe how a company or contracting authority buys or agrees contracts for goods, works and services.
   Found on http://www.invitation2tender.com/Glossar
   
   
9. Procurement
   `Procurement` is the acquisition of goods and/or services. It is favorable that the goods/services are appropriate and that they are procured at the best possible cost to meet the needs of the purchaser in terms of quality and quantity, time, and location. Corporations and public bodies often define...
   Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procurement