purveyance
/pəˈveɪəns
/noun [mass noun] formal
1The action of purveying something.Coupons and special ‘cheap times’ are just the beginning of customer promotions in the modern world of sex purveyance....
- 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.
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).
Rhymes
- river board
- riverboat
- riverboat casino
- riverboat gambler
- riverboat gambling
- river bottom
- river-boy
- River Brethren
- river bullhead
- river bus
- river capture
- river carp
- river cat
- river channel
- river chub
- river claim
- river corridor
- river crab
- rivercraft
- river crossing
- river cult
- river deity
- river digger
- river digging
- river dolphin