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Definition of purveyance in English: purveyancenoun pəˈveɪənspərˈveɪəns mass nounformal 1The action of purveying something. Example sentencesExamples - Fuller became a thorn in the government's side on many other issues, particularly the great questions of royal finance, purveyance and impositions.
- The reorganization made it possible to put the fuel supply in order within a short period, to streamline its delivery, and to establish day-to-day supervision of fuel production and fuel purveyance to large strategic formations.
- Coupons and special ‘cheap times’ are just the beginning of customer promotions in the modern world of sex purveyance.
- Now, we in the humanities are concerned primarily with the monitoring of the dominant cultural tradition, its preservation and its purveyance, right?
- It essentially deals with information collection and purveyance.
- William Cecil thought it would be a good idea to replace purveyance entirely with composition and gradually this began to be the case.
- As a result of this selection being chosen, testing for a liberal media bias, whether one views it as an assertion or an assumption was not within the purveyance of this study.
- 1.1British historical The right of the sovereign to buy provisions and use horses and vehicles for a fixed price lower than the market value.
Origin Middle English (in the senses 'foresight' and 'prearrangement'): from Old French porveance, from Latin providentia 'foresight' (see providence). Definition of purveyance in US English: purveyancenounpərˈveɪənspərˈvāəns formal 1The action of purveying something. Example sentencesExamples - The reorganization made it possible to put the fuel supply in order within a short period, to streamline its delivery, and to establish day-to-day supervision of fuel production and fuel purveyance to large strategic formations.
- It essentially deals with information collection and purveyance.
- Fuller became a thorn in the government's side on many other issues, particularly the great questions of royal finance, purveyance and impositions.
- William Cecil thought it would be a good idea to replace purveyance entirely with composition and gradually this began to be the case.
- As a result of this selection being chosen, testing for a liberal media bias, whether one views it as an assertion or an assumption was not within the purveyance of this study.
- Coupons and special ‘cheap times’ are just the beginning of customer promotions in the modern world of sex purveyance.
- Now, we in the humanities are concerned primarily with the monitoring of the dominant cultural tradition, its preservation and its purveyance, right?
- 1.1British historical The right of the sovereign to buy provisions and use horses and vehicles for a fixed price lower than the market value.
Origin Middle English (in the senses ‘foresight’ and ‘prearrangement’): from Old French porveance, from Latin providentia ‘foresight’ (see providence). |